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Title: CoRe database of binary neutron star merger waveforms
Award ID(s):
1707227
NSF-PAR ID:
10096501
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Volume:
35
Issue:
24
ISSN:
0264-9381
Page Range / eLocation ID:
24LT01
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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