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Lithium abundances of halo dwarfs based on excitation temperature. I. Local thermodynamic equilibrium

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Authors

Hosford, A.

Ryan, S. G.

Garcia Perez, Ana

Norris, John

Olive, Keith

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Context. The discovery of the Spite plateau in the abundances of7Li for metal-poor stars led to the determination of an observationally deduced primordial lithium abundance. However, after the success of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) in

Keywords

Keywords: Chemical elements; Cosmology; Galaxies; Geometrical optics; Metals; Nuclear energy; Nuclear physics; Nuclear reactors; Stars; Temperature; Temperature scales; Baryon densities; Cosmology: early universe; Effective temperatures; Energy methods; Equivalent Cosmology: early universe; Galaxy: halo; nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Stars: abundances

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/31105

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361:200810240

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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