Drag-gravity torques on galaxies in clusters: radial small-scale alignment effects
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1745-3925,1745-3933
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00824.x