We present the first unquenched lattice-QCD calculation of the form factors for the decay
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- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10489049
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Research in Number Theory
- Volume:
- 10
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 2522-0160
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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