Black hole uniqueness theorems in higher dimensional spacetimes

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Hollands, Stefan ^a   Ishibashi, Akihiro ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84864402604     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/29/16/163001     Document Type: Review

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