MASSIVE MOLECULAR GAS FLOWS IN THE A1664 BRIGHTEST CLUSTER GALAXY
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Molecular gas in the halo fuels the growth of a massive cluster galaxy at high redshift.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/784/1/78