The first galaxies in the universe

The First Galaxies in the Universe

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-540

  Loeb, Abraham ^a,b   Furlanetto, Steven R ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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