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Neutron research at st. petersburg nuclear physics institute

  • On The 275th Anniversary of The Russian Academy of Sciences
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The paper discusses neutron research at the B. P. Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute in connection with the anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Brief results are presented on fundamental and nuclear physics and on the physics of the condensed state. Data are given on the VVR-M research reactor and on the PIK-high-flux reactor under construction.

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St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute. Translated from Atomnaya Énergiya, Vol. 86, No. 5, pp. 349–360, May, 1999.

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Konoplev, K.A., Nazarenko, V.A., Okorokov, A.I. et al. Neutron research at st. petersburg nuclear physics institute. At Energy 86, 326–336 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673566

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