Galaxy disruption as the origin of intracluster light in the Coma cluster of galaxies

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6711, 1998, Pages 549-552

  Gregg, Michael D ^a,b   West, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GAS; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032506518     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/25078     Document Type: Article

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