Brown dwarfs

Contemporary Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 395-407

  Jameson, R F ^a   Hodgkin, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031319926     PISSN: 00107514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001075197182207     Document Type: Article

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