Carbon abundance in Small Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae through Advanced Camera for Surveys prism spectroscopy: constraining stellar evolution at low metallicity
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Carbon abundance in Small Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae through Advanced Camera for Surveys prism spectroscopy: constraining stellar evolution at low metallicity. Letizia Stanghellini National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Av., Tucson, AZ 85719 [email protected] Ting-Hui Lee Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd #11077, Bowling Green, KY 42101 [email protected] Richard A. Shaw National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Av., Tucson, AZ 85719 [email protected] Bruce Balick Astronomy Department, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195 [email protected] and Eva Villaver Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Departamento de F́ısica Teórica C-XI, 28049 Madrid, Spain [email protected]
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تاریخ انتشار 2009