Maxwell fields and shear-free null geodesic congruences

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3197-3221

  Newman, Ezra T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 3142580413     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/21/13/007     Document Type: Article

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