Quenching of star formation from a lack of inflowing gas to galaxies.
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Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2021
09 2021
Historique:
received:
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11
2020
accepted:
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07
2021
entrez:
23
9
2021
pubmed:
24
9
2021
medline:
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9
2021
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Résumé
Star formation in half of massive galaxies was quenched by the time the Universe was 3 billion years old
Identifiants
pubmed: 34552255
doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03806-7
pii: 10.1038/s41586-021-03806-7
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Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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eng
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© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
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