Nature 206, 861 - 865 (29 May 1965); doi:10.1038/206861a0

Possible Anti-Matter Content of the Tunguska Meteor of 1908

CLYDE COWAN, C. R. ATLURI & W. F. LIBBY

Department of Physics, Catholic University of America
Institute of Geophysics and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles

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