Protophobic Fifth-Force Interpretation of the Observed Anomaly in Be 8 Nuclear Transitions

Feng, Jonathan L.; Fornal, Bartosz; Galon, Iftah; Gardner, Susan; Smolinsky, Jordan; Tait, Tim M. P.; Tanedo, Philip

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071803

Title: Protophobic Fifth-Force Interpretation of the Observed Anomaly in ${}^{8}{Be}$ Nuclear Transitions

Journal Article · Thu Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.071803· OSTI ID:1290317

Feng, Jonathan L.; Fornal, Bartosz; Galon, Iftah; Gardner, Susan; Smolinsky, Jordan; Tait, Tim M. P.; Tanedo, Philip

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