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First measurement of the strange particles R CP nuclear modification factors in heavy-ion collisions at the SPS
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Search for pentaquarks in WA97 experiment at CERN
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Centrality dependence of the expansion dynamics in Pb Pb collisions at 158-A-GeV/c
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Heavy flavours in ALICE
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Recent experimental results and developments on the resistive plate chambers for the CMS experiment
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Single event effect measurements on the resistive plate chambers front-end chips for the CMS experiment
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Neutron irradiation of RPCs for the CMS experiment
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Results from a complete simulation study of the RPC based muon trigger system for the CMS experiment
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Heavy stable charged particle searches at the LHC
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