An astrophysical explanation for the "GREAT SILENCE"

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-22

  Annis, James ^a  

^a FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM STATE; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; PLAUSIBLE MODEL; TIME-SCALES;

GALAXIES; GAMMA RAYS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0002480423     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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