Mapping systematic errors in helium abundance determinations using Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Aver, Erik ^a   Olive, Keith A ^b   Skillman, Evan D ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

big bang nucleosynthesis; dwarfs galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953670917     PISSN: 14757516     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2011/03/043     Document Type: Article

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