Dark matter: Astrophysical aspects of the problem ( volume 2, in three volumes «Dark energy and dark matter in the Universe»)

Ed. V. Shulga

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Project: Ukrainian scientific book in a foreign language

Year: 2014

Publisher: PH “Akademperiodyka”

Pages: 356

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http://doi.org/10.15407/akademperiodyka.253.356

ISBN: 978-966-360-239-4; 978-966-360-253-0

Language: English

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