Observation of interstellar lithium in the low-metallicity Small Magellanic Cloud

J. Christopher Howk (), Nicolas Lehner, Brian D. Fields and Grant J. Mathews
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J. Christopher Howk: Center for Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame
Nicolas Lehner: Center for Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame
Brian D. Fields: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grant J. Mathews: Center for Astrophysics, University of Notre Dame

Nature, 2012, vol. 489, issue 7414, 121-123

Abstract: The abundance of interstellar 7Li in the low-metallicity gas of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy with a quarter the Sun’s metallicity, is nearly equal to the Big Bang nucleosynthesis predictions.

Date: 2012
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