An extremely primitive star in the Galactic halo

Nature

Volumn 477, Issue 7362, 2011, Pages 67-69

  Caffau, Elisabetta ^a,b   Bonifacio, Piercarlo ^b   François, Patrick ^b,c   Sbordone, Luca ^a,b,d   Monaco, Lorenzo ^e   Spite, Monique ^b   Spite, François ^b   Ludwig, Hans G ^a,b   Cayrel, Roger ^b   Zaggia, Simone ^f   Hammer, François ^b   Randich, Sofia ^g   Molaro, Paolo ^h   Hill, Vanessa ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^e EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^h INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ABUNDANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; LITHIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COSMOS; METALLICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIMITIVE STAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 80052412119     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10377     Document Type: Article

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