Use of silica aerogels in Cherenkov counters

Physics of Particles and Nuclei

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-135

  Kharzheev, Yu N ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 39149139597     PISSN: 10637796     EISSN: 15318559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/s1063779608010085     Document Type: Article

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