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Advances in Astronomy
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 898907, 26 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/898907
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Pulsar-Driven Jets in Supernovae, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and the Universe

John Middleditch

Los Alamos National Laboratory, CCS-3, MS B256, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA

Received 18 April 2012; Revised 2 August 2012; Accepted 17 September 2012

Academic Editor: Alberto J. Castro-Tirado

Copyright © 2012 John Middleditch. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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