A novel antimatter detector based on x-ray deexcitation of exotic atoms

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 566, Issue 1 I, 2002, Pages 604-616

  Mori, Kaya ^a   Hailey, Charles J ^a   Baltz, Edward A ^a   Craig, William W ^b   Kamionkowski, Marc ^c   Serber, William T ^a   Ullio, Piero ^d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Cosmic rays; Dark matter; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000942810     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338057     Document Type: Article

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