Cosmology: The lithium problem

Israelian, G.
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Nature, Volume 489, Issue 7414, pp. 37-38 (2012).

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The theory that predicts how the lightest elements formed after the Big Bang has hitherto failed to explain the amount of cosmic lithium. The detection of interstellar lithium beyond the Milky Way gives this theory a boost. See Article p.121
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