How galaxies lose their angular momentum
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0035-8711,1365-2966
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10996.x