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Bias in the application of the external detector technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. Storzer
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Minéralogie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 61 Rue de Buffon 75005 Paris, France
G. A. Wagner
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Kernphysik Heidelberg Federal Republic of Germany
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