Axion searches in the past, at present, and in the near future

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 741, Issue , 2008, Pages 199-237

  Battesti, Rémy ^a   Beltrán, Berta ^b   Davoudiasl, Hooman ^c   Kuster, Markus ^d,e   Pugnat, Pierre ^f   Rabadán, Raoul ^g   Ringwald, Andreas ^h   Spooner, Neil ⁱ   Zioutas, Konstantin ^f,j  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f CERN   (Switzerland)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^h DESY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

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EID: 37449017031     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73518-2_10     Document Type: Review

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