EVERY INTERACTING DOUBLE WHITE DWARF BINARY MAY MERGE
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2041-8213
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/805/1/l6