Strengths of singularities in spherical symmetry

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Nolan, Brien C ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

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EID: 16444380794     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.60.024014     Document Type: Article

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