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Recent experimental work on the interaction of photons with matter is reviewed. The review consists of three parts devoted to: 1) the validity of quantum electrodynamics at distances of 10−14–10−15 cm (interaction of photons with electrons); 2) leptonic decays of vector mesons (interaction of photons with photon-like particles); 3) photoproduction of vector me-sons (interaction of photons with nuclei). The review deals only with the most important and most recent experiments. A list and details of other similar experiments can be found in the Proceedings of the Vienna Conference [1].*
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Ting, S.C.C. (1972). Interaction of Photons with Matter. In: Bogolyubov, N.N. (eds) Particles and Nuclei. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7700-9_5
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