Angular Correlations in the β Decay of B8 : First Tensor-Current Limits from a Mirror-Nucleus Pair
- Award ID(s):
- 2011890
- PAR ID:
- 10413031
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- Publisher / Repository:
- American Physical Society
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Volume:
- 130
- Issue:
- 19
- ISSN:
- 0031-9007; PRLTAO
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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