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The axion shield. / Andrianov, A.; Espriu, D.; Mescia, F.; Renau, A.

In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, Vol. 684, No. 2-3, 2010, p. 101-105.

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Andrianov, A, Espriu, D, Mescia, F & Renau, A 2010, 'The axion shield', Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, vol. 684, no. 2-3, pp. 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.005

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Andrianov, A., Espriu, D., Mescia, F., & Renau, A. (2010). The axion shield. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics, 684(2-3), 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.005

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Andrianov A, Espriu D, Mescia F, Renau A. The axion shield. Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2010;684(2-3):101-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.01.005

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Andrianov, A. ; Espriu, D. ; Mescia, F. ; Renau, A. / The axion shield. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 2010 ; Vol. 684, No. 2-3. pp. 101-105.

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