Search for solar axions using 7Li

Physical Review D

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2001, Pages

  Krcmar M ^a   Krecak Z ^a   Ljubicic A ^a   Stipcevic M ^a   Bradley, D A ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHYSICS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035584059     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.64.115016     Document Type: Article

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