Towards a formalism for mapping the spacetimes of massive compact objects: Bumpy black holes and their orbits

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Collins, Nathan A ^a   Hughes, Scott A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 3843099180     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.124022     Document Type: Article

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