Percolation model of galactic structure

Advances in Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 1-54

  Seiden, Philip E ^a   Schulman, Lawrence S ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001784287     PISSN: 00018732     EISSN: 14606976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00018739000101461     Document Type: Article

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