Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137

Batell, Brian; Essig, Rouven; Surujon, Ze’ev

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171802

Title: Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137

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Authors:: Batell, Brian; Essig, Rouven; Surujon, Ze’ev

Publication Date:: Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1179895

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0003930; DESC0008061

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 113; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Batell, Brian, Essig, Rouven, and Surujon, Ze’ev. Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171802.

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                    Batell, Brian, Essig, Rouven, & Surujon, Ze’ev. Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171802

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                    Batell, Brian, Essig, Rouven, and Surujon, Ze’ev. Tue .  
"Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171802.

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@article{osti_1179895,

  title        = {Strong Constraints on Sub-GeV Dark Sectors from SLAC Beam Dump E137},

  author       = {Batell, Brian and Essig, Rouven and Surujon, Ze’ev},

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  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.171802},

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  year         = {Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014},

  month        = {Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014}

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