Globular clusters at low and high redshift

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5317, 1997, Pages 1370-1374

  Burgarella, Denis ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DEVICE; EVOLUTION; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030923081     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5317.1370     Document Type: Article

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