Black hole mergers and unstable circular orbits

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Pretorius, Frans ^a   Khurana, Deepak ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 34249998145     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/24/12/S07     Document Type: Article

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