An axisymmetric gravitational collapse code

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1857-1878

  Choptuik, Matthew W ^a   Hirschmann, Eric W ^b   Liebling, Steven L ^c   Pretorius, Frans ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037724016     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/9/318     Document Type: Article

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