The secrets of T Pyxidis - II. A recurrent nova that will not become a SN Ia

P. Selvelli; A. Cassatella; R. Gilmozzi; R. González-Riestra

doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810678

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Issue		A&A Volume 492, Number 3, December IV 2008


Page(s)		787 - 803
Section		Stellar structure and evolution
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:200810678
Published online		27 October 2008

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