Dark matter maps reveal cosmic scaffolding

Nature

Volumn 445, Issue 7125, 2007, Pages 286-290

  Massey, Richard ^a   Rhodes, Jason ^a,b   Ellis, Richard ^a   Scoville, Nick ^a   Leauthaud, Alexie ^c   Finoguenov, Alexis ^d   Capak, Peter ^a   Bacon, David ^e   Aussel, Hervé ^f   Kneib, Jean Paul ^c   Koekemoer, Anton ^g   McCracken, Henry ^h   Mobasher, Bahram ^g   Pires, Sandrine ⁱ   Refregier, Alexandre ^f   Sasaki, Shunji ^j   Starck, Jean Luc ⁱ   Taniguchi, Yoshi ^j   Taylor, Andy ^e   Taylor, James ^k  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^g STScI   (United States)

^h INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ CEA SACLAY   (France)

^j EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; DEFLECTION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GEOMETRY;

ARTICLE; COSMOS; GAS; GRAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33846311092     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05497     Document Type: Article

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