White dwarf stars in D dimensions

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Chavanis, P H ^a  

^a Lab de Physique Théorique   (France)

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EID: 34447626855     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.76.023004     Document Type: Article

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