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... The ARIBIB is an on-line bibliographical data base for astronomical references. The ARIBIB is based on the information given in the printed bibliography ``Astronomy and Astrophysics Abstracts'' (AAA). ... This reference format contains the author(s) or editor(s), title, bibliographic data for the source, keywords, and the AAA reference number. ... The abstracts can be found either in the printed volumes of AAA or in the on-line data bases INSPEC or INSPHYS. ... Figure 1: Query form. ...

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... 2006: . The distributions of radial ages and chemical compositions of the stellar population for several elliptical galaxies were measured from the BTA observations down to the record (to date) distances from the nucleus. ... Photometric distances were measured and peculiar radial velocities were determined for 3000 spiral galaxies from the 2MFGC catalog, compiled at the SAO RAS based on the 2MASS infrared sky survey. ... Archive . ...

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Find Similar Abstracts . ... The equivalence principle and zero field fluctuations . ... 92, Jan. 1987, p. 20-27. ... 01/1987 . ... ELEMENTARY PARTICLES, EQUIVALENCE, FLUCTUATION THEORY, GRAVITATION THEORY, RADIATION DETECTORS, BLACK HOLES (ASTRONOMY), GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS, MINKOWSKI SPACE, QUANTUM COUNTERS, VACUUM . ... Use: Authors Title Abstract Text Text Query with Keywords Return: Query Results Query Form Database: Astronomy Instrumentation Physics and Geophysics ABSTRACT QUERY USER FEEDBACK HELP ...

... Study of Mg-Fe-silicate glasses of variable composition. ... With the new data, the astrophysical discussion started in Paper I was continued and focussed on the comparison of the olivine glass data with IRAS LRS spectra of O-rich circumstellar envelopes around Mira stars. ... The new olivine glasses point to the interesting consequence that the temperature for silicate dust grains at the inner edge of circumstellar envelopes must be considerably higher than the values often given in the literature....