Cool Customers in the Stellar Graveyard. II. Limits to Substellar Objects around Nearby DAZ White Dwarfs
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Astronomical Journal
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0004-6256,1538-3881
DOI: 10.1086/432660