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Stars, Celestial
Known as:
Celestial Stars
, Star, Celestial
, Celestial Star
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Large bodies consisting of self-luminous gas held together by their own gravity. (From McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th…
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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
THE OCCURRENCE OF POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANETS ORBITING M DWARFS ESTIMATED FROM THE FULL KEPLER DATASET AND AN EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT OF THE DETECTION SENSITIVITY
C. Dressing
,
D. Charbonneau
2015
Corpus ID: 38508656
We present an improved estimate of the occurrence rate of small planets orbiting small stars by searching the full four-year…
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Review
2012
Review
2012
Multiple populations in globular clusters
R. Gratton
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E. Carretta
,
A. Bragaglia
2012
Corpus ID: 118434948
Recent progress in studies of globular clusters has shown that they are not simple stellar populations, but rather are made up of…
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Review
2010
Review
2010
High molecular gas fractions in normal massive star-forming galaxies in the young Universe
L. Tacconi
,
R. Genzel
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+20 authors
B. Weiner
Nature
2010
Corpus ID: 4322787
Stars form from cold molecular interstellar gas. As this is relatively rare in the local Universe, galaxies like the Milky Way…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
THE TWO PHASES OF GALAXY FORMATION
L. Oser
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J. Ostriker
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T. Naab
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P. Johansson
,
A. Burkert
2010
Corpus ID: 118394073
Cosmological simulations of galaxy formation appear to show a “two-phase” character with a rapid early phase at z ≳ 2 during…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Na-O Anticorrelation and HB. VII. The chemical composition of first and second-generation stars in 15 globular clusters from GIRAFFE spectra
E. Carretta
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A. Bragaglia
,
+14 authors
E. Sabbi
2009
Corpus ID: 2740080
We present abundances of Fe, Na, and O for 1409 red giant stars in 15 galactic globular clusters (GCs), derived from the…
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Formation and dynamical evolution of multiple stellar generations in globular clusters
A. D'ercole
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E. Vesperini
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F. D’Antona
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S. McMillan
,
S. Recchi
2008
Corpus ID: 14068469
We study the formation and dynamical evolution of clusters with multiple stellar generations. Observational studies have found…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
A Grid of Non-LTE Line-blanketed Model Atmospheres of O-Type Stars
T. Lanz
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I. Hubeny
2002
Corpus ID: 7900426
We have constructed a comprehensive grid of 680 metal line-blanketed, non-LTE, plane-parallel, hydrostatic model atmospheres for…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Nucleon superfluidity vs. observations of cooling neutron stars
A. Kaminker
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P. Haensel
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D. Yakovlev
2001
Corpus ID: 18853258
Cooling simulations of neutron stars (NSs) are performed assuming that stellar cores consist of neutrons, protons and electrons…
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
The Luminosity Function of Young Star Clusters in “the Antennae” Galaxies (NGC 4038/4039)
B. Whitmore
,
Qing Zhang
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+4 authors
Bryan W. Miller
1999
Corpus ID: 14850043
The Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 of the Hubble Space Telescope has been used to obtain high-resolution images of NGC 4038/4039…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Self-Organizing Systems
Joseph V. Rodricks
,
Eugene Yates
,
+5 authors
Brian C. Goodwin
Life Science Monographs
1987
Corpus ID: 9991883
1 This chapter shows application of a consistent set of clear physical principles to describe the beginnings of the universe by…
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