Observation of the decay B0 → ρ+ ρ- and measurement of the branching fraction and polarization

Physical Review D

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

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^c INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

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DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.69.031102     Document Type: Article

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