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Basilis C. Xanthopoulos
1990Nov, 27

Basilis C. Xanthopoulos

Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)
Basilis C. Xanthopoulos (also Vasilis; Greek: Βασίλης Κ. Ξανθόπουλος; 8 April 1951 – 27 November 1990) was a Greek theoretical physicist, well known in the field of general relativity for his contributions to the study of colliding plane waves.

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