Masatoshi Shoji and Eiichiro Komatsu 2009 ApJ 700 705 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/700/1/705
Masatoshi Shoji and Eiichiro Komatsu
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Issue 1 (2009 July 20)
Received 2009 March 15, accepted for publication 2009 May 21
Published 2009 July 6
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