Advances in Astrophysics

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DOI: 10.22606/adap.2016.12005

• Salam Ajitkumar Singh^*
  Department of Physics, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal-795003, Manipur, India
• K. Yugindro Singh^*
  Department of Physics, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal-795003, Manipur, India

galaxies:active, quasars:general.

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