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- Publication Date:
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10362803
- Journal Name:
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Volume:
- 511
- Issue:
- 3
- Page Range or eLocation-ID:
- p. 3179-3197
- ISSN:
- 0035-8711
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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