Cold dark matter heats up

Nature

Volumn 506, Issue 7487, 2014, Pages 171-178

  Pontzen, Andrew ^a,b,c   Governato, Fabio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BALLIOL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84893921330     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12953     Document Type: Review

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