A physical explanation to the controversial urbach tailing universality

European Physical Journal Plus

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Boubaker, K ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

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EID: 84855341216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21905444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2011-11010-4     Document Type: Article

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