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		| Paper: | 
		Luminous Red Nova Phenomenon | 
	 
	
		| Volume: | 
		510, Stars: From Collapse to Collapse | 
	 
	
		| Page: | 
		401 | 
	 
	
		| Authors: | 
		Barsukova, E. A.; Goranskij, V. P.; Valeev, A. F. | 
	 
	
	
		| Abstract: | 
		Luminous red novae form a new type of variable stars which explode turning into cool supergiants. We present a review of the main physical properties of the objects of this class. Most of them are mergers in close binary systems, but some of them may have a different nature. | 
	 
	
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