Order-α radiative correction to the rate for parapositronium decay to four photons

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages R915-R918

  Adkins, Gregory S ^a   Pfahl, Eric D ^a  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0013099178     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.59.R915     Document Type: Article

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