EUROPIUM s-PROCESS SIGNATURE AT CLOSE-TO-SOLAR METALLICITY IN STARDUST SiC GRAINS FROM AGB STARS
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1 Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia; [email protected] 2 Planetary Science Institute, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia 3 Astronomy Department/IAG, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP 05508-090, Brazil 4 Monash Centre for Astrophysics, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3800, Australia 5 Laboratory for Space Sciences and the Department of Physics, Washington University, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA 6 Osservatorio Astronomico di Collurania, INAF, Teramo 64100, Italy 7 Centre for Astrophysics Research, School of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, United Kingdom 8 Department of Physics, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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