Observation of the antimatter helium-4 nucleus

Nature

Volumn 473, Issue 7347, 2011, Pages 353-356

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^c   Zhao, J ^c   Zhong, C ^c   Zhou, W ^a   Zhu, X ^a   Zhu, Y H ^x   Zoulkarneev, R ^a   Zoulkarneeva , Y ^a   more..

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^e KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^m UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁿ CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^o NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q SUBATECH   (France)

^r UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^s NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^t ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^y TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^ab CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ac TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^ad CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^af UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^ah INSTITUTE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^aj WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ak RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^al PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^am UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^an VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ap INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (India)

^ar WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^as GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^at SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^au UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^av UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^aw INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^ay MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^az MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ba UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HELIUM; HELIUM 4; ISOTOPE; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLLISION; COSMIC RAY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HELIUM ISOTOPE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BARYON; COSMIC RADIATION; NEUTRON; NUCLEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79956303213     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10079     Document Type: Article

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