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Density Perturbations in the Universe from Massive Vector Fields. / Dimopoulos, Konstantinos.
In: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 957, No. 1, 20.11.2007, p. 387-390.

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Dimopoulos K. Density Perturbations in the Universe from Massive Vector Fields. AIP Conference Proceedings. 2007 Nov 20;957(1):387-390. doi: 10.1063/1.2823808

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Dimopoulos, Konstantinos. / Density Perturbations in the Universe from Massive Vector Fields. In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2007 ; Vol. 957, No. 1. pp. 387-390.

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