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Also Known As Rashid Aliyevich Sunyaev
Born March 1, 1943 (age 82) • Tashkent • Uzbekistan
Subjects Of Study Shakura-Sunyaev model • Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect • baryon acoustic oscillation • cosmic microwave background
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