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A Simple Technique for Detecting a Periodicity of Unknown Value in the Signal from an Astronomical Source

โœ Scribed by Charman, W. N.

Book ID
115320636
Publisher
The Optical Society
Year
1968
Tongue
English
Weight
604 KB
Volume
7
Category
Article
ISSN
1559-128X

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