A study of elliptical last stable orbits about a massive Kerr black hole

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Komorowski, P G ^a   Valluri, S R ^a   Houde, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 68949147002     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/26/8/085001     Document Type: Article

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