Galaxy disruption in a halo of dark matter

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5637, 2003, Pages 1217-1219

  Forbes, Duncan A ^a   Beasley, Michael A ^a   Bekki, Kenji ^b   Brodie, Jean P ^c   Strader, Jay ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; GRAVITATION; SPACE RESEARCH;

GALAXY HALOS;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VELOCITY;

ANDROMEDA;

EID: 0041821756     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1089237     Document Type: Article

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