The river model of black holes

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 519-532

  Hamilton, Andrew J S ^a   Lisle, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 45549092220     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2830526     Document Type: Article

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