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Progress and simulations for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transformations in Ar 18 40

Barrow, Joshua L. (ORCID:0000000273193339)·Golubeva, Elena S.·Paryev, Eduard·Richard, Jean-Marc
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39 ≤ A ≤ 5872 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICSBaryogenesis & leptogenesisModels & methods for nuclear reactionsMonte Carlo methodsNeutronsShell model

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Barrow, Joshua L. (ORCID:0000000273193339), Golubeva, Elena S., Paryev, Eduard, Richard, Jean-Marc. 2020-02-18. Progress and simulations for intranuclear neutron-antineutron transformations in Ar 18 40. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.101.036008

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