Donghui Jeong and Eiichiro Komatsu 2009 ApJ 691 569 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/691/1/569
Donghui Jeong and Eiichiro Komatsu
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Issue 1 (2009 January 20)
Received 2008 May 16, accepted for publication 2008 September 16
Published 2009 January 16
Donghui Jeong and Eiichiro Komatsu 2009 ApJ 691 569
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