History of the stellar birthrate from lithium abundances in red giants

• 1 August 1980
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 239, 953-960
• https://doi.org/10.1086/158183

Abstract

Keywords

• AGE DISTRIBUTION
• STELLAR EVOLUTION
• ALKALI METALS
• QUANTUM MECHANICS
• MAIN SEQUENCE
• STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION
• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• INITIAL MASS FUNCTION