On the carbon-to-oxygen ratio measurement in nearby sun-like stars: Implications for planet formation and the determination of stellar abundances

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 747, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Fortney, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

brown dwarfs; planets and satellites: composition; stars: abundances; stars: carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859758056     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/747/2/L27     Document Type: Article

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