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A new upper limit on the amount of antimatter in primery cosmic rays has been established. The limits are considerably lower than those for any previous expriment.
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BUFFINGTON, A., SMITH, L., SMOOT, G. et al. Search for Antimatter in Primary Cosmic Rays. Nature 236, 335–338 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236335a0
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