Understanding the observed evolution of the galaxy luminosity function from z = 6-10 in the context of hierarchical structure formation

Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Muñoz, Joseph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84860137327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14757516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1475-7516/2012/04/015     Document Type: Article

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