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The solar abundance of gold

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From 13 scans obtained with a double-band pass spectrograph at the Snow telescope at Mount Wilson, interpreted by the method of spectral synthesis, the abundance of gold turns out to be log [N(Au)/N(H)] + 12 = 0.70, assuming loggf = − 0.57.

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    John E. Ross & Lawrence H. Aller

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Ross, J.E., Aller, L.H. The solar abundance of gold. Sol Phys 23, 13–17 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00153887

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