First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs

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P. Bonifacio · Observatoire de Paris

P. Molaro · Association François Aupetit

T. Sivarani · Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

R. Cayrel · Observatoire de Paris

M. Spite · Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et Instrumentation

F. Spite · Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique et Instrumentation

B. Plez

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Context.The primordial lithium abundance is a key prediction of models of big bang nucleosynthesis, and its abundance in metal-poor dwarfs (the Spite plateau) is an important, independent observational constraint on such models.

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Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 462, Issue 3, pp. 851-864

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20064834

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First stars VII - Lithium in extremely metal poor dwarfs

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