Simple analytical models of gravitational collapse

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1148-1159

  Adler, R J ^a   Bjorken, J D ^b   Chen, P ^b   Liu, J S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 30344437602     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2117187     Document Type: Article

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