The no-defect conjecture in cosmic crystallography

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 20-25

  Uzan, Jean Philippe ^a   Peter, Patrick ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0040561158     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00686-2     Document Type: Article

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