The MACHO Project 2nd Year LMC Microlensing Results and Dark Matter Implications
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M.R. Pratt, C. Alcock, R.A. Allsman , D. Alves, T.S. Axelrod , A.C. Becker, D.P. Bennett, K.H. Cook, K.C. Freeman , K. Griest, J. Guern, M.J. Lehner, S.L. Marshall, B.A. Peterson, P.J. Quinn, A.W. Rodgers , C.W. Stubbs, W. Sutherland and D.L Welch Astronomy, Box 351580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1580 Center for Particle Astrophysics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550 Supercomputing Facility, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
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