High-resolution maser studies of galactic nuclei

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1767, 2000, Pages 797-810

  Moran, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Black holes; Magnetic fields; Masers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347937297     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0559     Document Type: Article

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