| active galactic nucleus | AGN | 732 | 44 | 2.004126 | 0311604,0311179,etc |
| cosmic microwave background | CMB | 499 | 37 | 1.003727 | 0311577,0311274,etc |
| interstellar medium | ISM | 255 | 36 | 2.002026 | 0311374,0311399,etc |
| spectral energy distribution | SED | 392 | 31 | 2.002287 | 0311303,0311604,etc |
| cold dark matter | CDM | 256 | 28 | 2.00152 | 0311052,0311459,etc |
| nasa/ipac extragalactic database | NED | 70 | 27 | 1.000303 | 0311097,0311501,etc |
| point spread function | PSF | 299 | 27 | 2.002409 | 0311352,0311407,etc |
| gamma ray burst | GRB | 1141 | 21 | 2.008853 | 0311190,0311252,etc |
| sloan digital sky survey | SDSS | 304 | 20 | 2.002013 | 0311087,0311352,etc |
| supernova | SN | 802 | 18 | 2.009227 | 0311529,0311164,etc |
| star formation rate | SFR | 398 | 18 | 2.004851 | 0311501,0311113,etc |
| initial mass function | IMF | 182 | 18 | 2.00269 | 0311091,0311319,etc |
| intergalactic medium | IGM | 289 | 18 | 2.001821 | 0311019,0311603,etc |
| black hole | BH | 1219 | 15 | 2.010787 | 0311374,0311523,etc |
| planetary nebula | PN | 350 | 14 | 2.007915 | 0311087,0311399,etc |
| supernova remnant | SNR | 373 | 13 | 2.007546 | 0311374,0311570,etc |
| main sequence | MS | 126 | 13 | 2.001278 | 0311071,0311119,etc |
| equivalent width | EW | 215 | 12 | 2.001274 | 0311604,0311179,etc |
| infrared | IR | 406 | 12 | 2.004742 | 0311154,0311237,etc |
| field of view | FOV | 90 | 12 | 2.001376 | 0311172,0311407,etc |
| hubble space telescope | HST | 56 | 11 | 1.000646 | 0311215,0311154,etc |
| asymptotic giant branch | AGB | 80 | 11 | 1.001068 | 0311236,0311119,etc |
| luminosity function | LF | 248 | 11 | 2.002382 | 0311056,0311496,etc |
| dark matter | DM | 188 | 11 | 1.004495 | 0311496,0311424,etc |
| magnetohydrodynamic | MHD | 150 | 11 | 2.002895 | 0311369,0311362,etc |
| astrophysical research consortium | ARC | 10 | 10 | 1.000132 | 0311352,0311511,etc |
| max planck institute for astronomy | MPIA | 10 | 10 | 1.000132 | 0311352,0311511,etc |
| max planck institute for astrophysics | MPA | 10 | 10 | 1.000132 | 0311352,0311511,etc |
| signal to noise ratio | SNR | 44 | 10 | 1.00148 | 0311577,0311596,etc |
| wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe | WMAP | 125 | 10 | 2.00377 | 0311274,0311537,etc |
| ultraviolet | UV | 229 | 10 | 2.00224 | 0311227,0311066,etc |
| polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon | PAH | 292 | 10 | 1.003934 | 0311587,0311066,etc |
| near infrared | NIR | 106 | 10 | 2.002434 | 0311119,0311027,etc |
| full width at half maximum | FWHM | 34 | 9 | 2.000343 | 0311179,0311313,etc |
| cataclysmic variable | CV | 71 | 8 | 1.001248 | 0311374,0311291,etc |
| low mass x ray binary | LMXB | 34 | 8 | 1.000417 | 0311523,0311287,etc |
| lyman break galaxy | LBG | 176 | 8 | 2.00295 | 0311352,0311528,etc |
| local standard of rest | LSR | 26 | 8 | 1.000657 | 0311313,0311107,etc |
| broad absorption line | BAL | 105 | 8 | 2.003526 | 0311266,0311561,etc |
| globular cluster | GC | 527 | 8 | 2.007742 | 0311278,0311347,etc |
| red giant branch | RGB | 104 | 8 | 2.002188 | 0311278,0311119,etc |
| intracluster medium | ICM | 137 | 8 | 2.002375 | 0311014,0311428,etc |
| smoothed particle hydrodynamics | SPH | 75 | 8 | 2.001913 | 0311019,0311292,etc |
| two micron all sky survey | 2MASS | 53 | 7 | 2.0005 | 0311529,0311236,etc |
| low surface brightness | LSB | 64 | 7 | 1.002414 | 0311459,0311117,etc |
| color magnitude diagram | CMD | 143 | 7 | 2.001837 | 0311420,0311119,etc |
| supermassive black hole | SMBC | 309 | 7 | 2.007576 | 0311473,0311401,etc |
| large magellanic cloud | LMC | 53 | 7 | 1.001061 | 0311477,0311525,etc |
| young stellar object | YSO | 70 | 7 | 1.001278 | 0311625,0311456,etc |
| james clerk maxwell telescope | JCMT | 32 | 6 | 2.000614 | 0311022,0311210,etc |
| advection dominated accretion flow | ADAF | 56 | 6 | 1.001823 | 0311303,0311011,etc |
| very large array | VLA | 66 | 6 | 2.000366 | 0311303,0311243,etc |
| probability distribution function | PDF | 57 | 6 | 1.001198 | 0311421,0311319,etc |
| singular isothermal sphere | SIS | 42 | 6 | 2.001357 | 0311219,0311056,etc |
| broad line region | BLR | 39 | 6 | 1.002335 | 0311266,0311411,etc |
| tully fisher | TF | 124 | 6 | 2.007205 | 0311459,0311433,etc |
| two dimensional | 2-D | 42 | 6 | 1.002078 | 0311009,0311545,etc |
| fast fourier transform | FFT | 13 | 6 | 1.000294 | 0311304,0311018,etc |
| adaptive optics | AO | 31 | 6 | 1.002024 | 0311318,0311194,etc |
| white dwarf | WD | 44 | 6 | 2.001038 | 0311287,0311309,etc |
| horizontal branch | HB | 66 | 5 | 1.001732 | 0311281,0311347,etc |
| very large telescope | VLT | 20 | 5 | 1.000457 | 0311529,0311280,etc |
| three dimensional | 3D | 35 | 5 | 2.00126 | 0311529,0311009,etc |
| wide field camera | WFC | 13 | 5 | 2.001597 | 0311087,0311533,etc |
| neutron star | NS | 64 | 5 | 2.001847 | 0311523,0311398,etc |
| kolmogorov smirnov | KS | 12 | 5 | 1.000191 | 0311352,0311357,etc |
| common envelope | CE | 53 | 5 | 1.002266 | 0311558,0311287,etc |
| small magellanic cloud | SMC | 48 | 5 | 2.002129 | 0311496,0311239,etc |
| equation of state | EOS | 116 | 5 | 2.00444 | 0311470,0311618,etc |
| northeast | NE | 56 | 5 | 2.001419 | 0311362,0311007,etc |
| pulsar wind nebula | PWN | 149 | 5 | 1.008028 | 0311388,0311468,etc |
| colour magnitude diagram | CMD | 79 | 5 | 1.001514 | 0311243,0311443,etc |
| dwarf spheroidal | dSph | 98 | 5 | 2.002366 | 0311170,0311241,etc |
| signal to noise | S/N | 27 | 5 | 1.002004 | 0311176,0311183,etc |
| caltech submillimeter observatory | CSO | 12 | 4 | 1.000522 | 0311353,0311416,etc |
| far infrared | FIR | 27 | 4 | 1.000963 | 0311179,0311074,etc |
| high mass x ray binary | HMXB | 31 | 4 | 2.000527 | 0311523,0311287,etc |
| ultra luminous infrared galaxy | ULIRG | 48 | 4 | 1.002236 | 0311352,0311027,etc |
| canada france hawaii telescope | CFHT | 15 | 4 | 1.000727 | 0311528,0311204,etc |
| zero age main sequence | ZAMS | 12 | 4 | 1.000324 | 0311291,0311183,etc |
| big bang nucleosynthesis | BBN | 52 | 4 | 2.005144 | 0311274,0311102,etc |
| green bank telescope | GBT | 21 | 4 | 1.001741 | 0311386,0311571,etc |
| large scale structure | LSS | 9 | 4 | 1.000471 | 0311129,0311380,etc |
| space telescope imaging spectrograph | STIS | 19 | 4 | 2.001283 | 0311206,0311061,etc |
| equivalent widths | EW | 21 | 4 | 1.000186 | 0311541,0311436,etc |
| cross correlation function | CCF | 37 | 4 | 1.002253 | 0311541,0311220,etc |
| turn off | TO | 20 | 4 | 1.000677 | 0311278,0311119,etc |
| zero age horizontal branch | ZAHB | 10 | 4 | 1.000247 | 0311324,0311458,etc |
| quasi periodic oscillation | QPO | 38 | 4 | 1.001679 | 0311152,0311037,etc |
| giant molecular cloud | GMC | 57 | 4 | 2.002104 | 0311427,0311064,etc |
| power spectral density | PSD | 226 | 4 | 2.005053 | 0311473,0311220,etc |
| owens valley radio observatory | OVRO | 20 | 4 | 2.000285 | 0311124,0311414,etc |
| synchrotron self absorption | SSA | 18 | 4 | 1.002048 | 0311358,0311418,etc |
| adaptive mesh refinement | AMR | 16 | 4 | 1.0009 | 0311019,0311292,etc |
| x ray background | XRB | 40 | 4 | 1.001195 | 0311619,0311146,etc |
| warm hot intergalactic medium | WHIM | 95 | 4 | 2.002743 | 0311162,0311575,etc |
| high velocity cloud | HVC | 29 | 4 | 2.001115 | 0311162,0311177,etc |
| australia telescope compact array | ATCA | 29 | 4 | 2.001048 | 0311465,0311041,etc |
| full width half maximum | FWHM | 10 | 4 | 1.000169 | 0311103,0311344,etc |
| cosmic microwave background radiation | CMBR | 15 | 4 | 1.000193 | 0311466,0311535,etc |
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