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Title: Maximally rotating supermassive stars at the onset of collapse: the perturbative effects of gas pressure, magnetic fields, dark matter, and dark energy
Award ID(s):
1602536 1662211 1707526 1402780
PAR ID:
10058051
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume:
477
Issue:
3
ISSN:
0035-8711
Page Range / eLocation ID:
3694 to 3710
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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