Published October 15, 1982
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Journal article
Novae as sources of nitrogen in galaxies
Description
A comparison of the abundances of nova ejecta and planetary nebulae together with their masses and rates of occurrence in the Magellanic Clouds and M31 indicates that novae currently inject more nitrogen into the interstellar medium of these galaxies than do the planetary nebulae
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.
- Journal Volume
- 261
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Astrophys. J., Lett. Ed.
- Journal Page Range
- L77-L80
- ISSN
- 0571-7248
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14748138
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GALAXIES; INTERSTELLAR SPACE; MAGELLANIC CLOUDS; NITROGEN; NOVAE; PLANETARY NEBULAE
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTS; ERUPTIVE VARIABLE STARS; NEBULAE; NONMETALS; SPACE; STARS; VARIABLE STARS