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Chemical Composition Variations in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Ju. L. Frantsman*
Affiliation:
Radioastrophysical observatory Latvian Academy of Sciences Turgeneva 19, 226524, Riga, Latvia

Abstract

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Comparing the data about the Cepheid periods and the star evolution calculations, the conclusion is made that inside 5 kpc distance from the Sun heavy element abundance Z changes between 0-01 and 0.04.

Type
Chemistry of Interface Regions
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1992 

References

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