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spellingShingle Kudryavtsev, V.N., Maltsev, T.V., Shekhtman, L.I., EPJ Web of Conferences, Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors, General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Engineering, General Environmental Science
title Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
title_full Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
title_fullStr Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
title_full_unstemmed Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
title_short Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
title_sort study of the spatial resolution of low-material gem tracking detectors
title_unstemmed Study of the spatial resolution of low-material GEM tracking detectors
topic General Earth and Planetary Sciences, General Engineering, General Environmental Science
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817406005