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Manuela Ramos Silva1, Ana Matos Beja, Jose Antonio Paixão

  • 1CEMDRX, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Coimbra, P-3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal. manuela@pollux.fis.uc.pt

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