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The observations relating to intense, compact sources of infrared radiation may be accounted for by models in which sources of cosmic rays at the nuclei of galaxies are surrounded by dust shells which absorb and re-emit this energy.
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WICKRAMASINGHE, N. Model for Cosmic Infrared Sources. Nature Physical Science 230, 166–169 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/physci230166a0
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