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Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV

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Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV. / Collaboration, D0; Bertram, Iain; Borissov, Guennadi et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 100, No. 19, 192004, 15.05.2008.

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Collaboration, D, Bertram, I, Borissov, G, Fox, H, Williams, M & Ratoff, P 2008, 'Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV', Physical review letters, vol. 100, no. 19, 192004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.192004

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Collaboration, D., Bertram, I., Borissov, G., Fox, H., Williams, M., & Ratoff, P. (2008). Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV. Physical review letters, 100(19), Article 192004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.192004

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Collaboration D, Bertram I, Borissov G, Fox H, Williams M, Ratoff P. Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV. Physical review letters. 2008 May 15;100(19):192004. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.192004

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Collaboration, D0 ; Bertram, Iain ; Borissov, Guennadi et al. / Measurement of the ttbar production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt{s} = 1.96 TeV. In: Physical review letters. 2008 ; Vol. 100, No. 19.

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