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Results on elastic cross sections in proton–proton collisions at s=510 GeV with the STAR detector at RHIC
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- 10527080
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- Publisher / Repository:
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138601
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- Journal Name:
- Physics Letters B
- Volume:
- 852
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0370-2693
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 138601
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- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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