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Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach

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Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 107, No. 3, 032001, 14.07.2011.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Ross, A, Williams, M & Ratoff, P 2011, 'Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach', Physical review letters, vol. 107, no. 3, 032001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.032001

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Ross, A., Williams, M., & Ratoff, P. (2011). Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach. Physical review letters, 107(3), Article 032001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.032001

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Ross A, Williams M et al. Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach. Physical review letters. 2011 Jul 14;107(3):032001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.032001

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Measurement of spin correlation in ttbar production using a matrix element approach. In: Physical review letters. 2011 ; Vol. 107, No. 3.

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AU - Ratoff, Peter

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