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Title: Implications of CMS analysis of photon-photon interactions for photon PDFs
Award ID(s):
1719914
PAR ID:
10093588
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Chinese Physics C
Volume:
42
Issue:
11
ISSN:
1674-1137
Page Range / eLocation ID:
113101
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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