Time variability of α from realistic models of Oklo reactors

Physical Review C - Nuclear Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Gould, C R ^a,b   Sharapov, E I ^c   Lamoreaux, S K ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRIANGLE UNIVERSITIES NUCLEAR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33748051722     PISSN: 05562813     EISSN: 1089490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevC.74.024607     Document Type: Article

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