Caustics of wavefronts in general relativity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1161-1182

  Hasse, Wolfgang ^a   Kriele, Marcus ^a   Perlick, Volker ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 21344465932     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/13/5/027     Document Type: Article

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