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Astrophys. Space Sci. Trans., 7, 495-500, 2011
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15 Nov 2011
Improvement of charge resolution for trans-iron nuclei (Z ≥ 30) in CR-39 plastic nuclear track detectors using trajectory tracing technique
S. Ota, N. Yasuda, L. Sihver, S. Kodaira, S. Naka, Y. Ideguchi, and N. Hasebe
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