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Some aspects of supernova theory: Implosion, explosion and expansion

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Gravitational Radiation, Collapsed Objects and Exact Solutions

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Lerche, I. (1980). Some aspects of supernova theory: Implosion, explosion and expansion. In: Edwards, C. (eds) Gravitational Radiation, Collapsed Objects and Exact Solutions. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 124. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09992-1_104

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