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A study of multiplicity and pseudorapidity distributions of inclusive photons measured in pp and p–Pb collisions at a center-of-mass energy per nucleon–nucleon collision of
- Award ID(s):
- 2012154
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10474238
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- ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; more »
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer
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- Journal Name:
- The European Physical Journal C
- Volume:
- 83
- Issue:
- 7
- ISSN:
- 1434-6052
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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