Evidence for black holes

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5627, 2003, Pages 1898-1903

  Begelman, Mitchell C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE RESEARCH;

DEMOGRAPHICS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTRONOMY;

COSMOS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY BALANCE; GAMMA RADIATION; GAS; GRAVITY; LUMINANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICS; MOTION; OSCILLATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY; VELOCITY; X RAY;

EID: 0037600656     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085334     Document Type: Review

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