The search for elementary particles with fractional electric charge and the philosophy of speculative experiments

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 698-706

  Perl, Martin L ^a   Lee, Eric R ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0031477004     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.18641     Document Type: Article

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