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Title: Observation of light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1562472
Report Number(s):
BNL-212103-2019-JACI
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 123, Issue 5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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