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HERE I shall show that the events which produce compact objects may be divided into at least two classes on the basis of the impulse given to a binary system containing the collapsing object. This impulse may be related to the amount and symmetry of mass loss resulting from the collapse event.
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KATZ, J. Two kinds of stellar collapse. Nature 253, 698–699 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253698a0
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