Three-body recombination for protons moving in a strong magnetic field

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-

  Robicheaux, F ^a   Hanson, James D ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872346526     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.010701     Document Type: Article

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