The AMS-02 transition radiation detector (TRD) gas control system
β Scribed by Alessandro Bartoloni
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 518
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-9002
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