Environmental mechanisms shaping the nature of dwarf spheroidal galaxies: The view of computer simulations

Advances in Astronomy

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Mayer, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 78349246805     PISSN: 16877969     EISSN: 16877977     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/278434     Document Type: Review

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