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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Antiproton annihilation in very low-energy antihydrogen scattering by simple atoms and molecules

Edward A. G. Armour, Margaret Gregory, Y. Liu

Published Mar 14, 2006• 7 citations
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10.1016/j.nimb.2006.01.048

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