Hadronic interaction models beyond collider energies

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Anchordoqui, L A ^a   Dova, M T ^a   Epele, L N ^a   Sciutto, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

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EID: 85037916808     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.59.094003     Document Type: Article

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