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Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets

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Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets. / Tucker, Robin William; Walton, Timothy James.
In: Classical and Quantum Gravity, Vol. 34, No. 3, 035005 , 05.01.2017.

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Tucker, RW & Walton, TJ 2017, 'Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets', Classical and Quantum Gravity, vol. 34, no. 3, 035005 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa5325

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Tucker, R. W., & Walton, T. J. (2017). Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 34(3), Article 035005 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6382/aa5325

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Tucker RW, Walton TJ. Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2017 Jan 5;34(3):035005 . doi: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa5325

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Tucker, Robin William ; Walton, Timothy James. / Gravitational chirality as the genesis of astrophysical jets. In: Classical and Quantum Gravity. 2017 ; Vol. 34, No. 3.

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