Understanding the fate of merging supermassive black holes

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Campanelli, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 21244482552     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/22/10/034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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