Radiation-Mediated Shocks: Kinetic Processes and Transition to Collisionless Shocks
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy Reports
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1063-7729,1562-6881
DOI: 10.1134/s106377291812020x