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Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation

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Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation. / Matthee, Jorryt; Sobral, David.
In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 04.06.2020, p. 21-25.

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Matthee, J & Sobral, D 2020, 'Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, pp. 21-25.

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Matthee, J., & Sobral, D. (2020). Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 21-25. Advance online publication.

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Matthee J, Sobral D. Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2020 Jun 4;21-25. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

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Matthee, Jorryt ; Sobral, David. / Unveiling the most luminous Lyman-α emitters in the epoch of reionisation. In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. 2020 ; pp. 21-25.

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