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Title: REQUIEM-2D Methodology: Spatially Resolved Stellar Populations of Massive Lensed Quiescent Galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope 2D Grism Spectroscopy
Award ID(s):
1701546
NSF-PAR ID:
10204907
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume:
900
Issue:
2
ISSN:
1538-4357
Page Range / eLocation ID:
184
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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