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@ARTICLE{2024ApJ...968...38K,
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@ARTICLE{2025ApJ...991...37A,
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@ARTICLE{degraaff2025,
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@ARTICLE{2025ApJ...978...92L,
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@ARTICLE{2025A&A...693L...2P,
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@ARTICLE{tee2025,
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@ARTICLE{zhang2025,
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@ARTICLE{degraaff2026,
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@ARTICLE{2026A&A...711A..24E,
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@ARTICLE{kapoor2026,
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@ARTICLE{kocevski2026,
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@ARTICLE{lin2026,
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@ARTICLE{lin2026b,
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@ARTICLE{lin2026c,
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@ARTICLE{pan2026,
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@ARTICLE{weibel2026,
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@ARTICLE{zhang2026,
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@ARTICLE{zhuang2026,
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