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Results of a Search for Fractional Charges on Mercury Drops

C. Hodges, Peter C. Abrams, A. R. Baden, R.W. Bland, D. Joyce, Jeffrey P. Royer, Frederick Wm. Walters, Edward G. Wilson, Patricia G. Y. Wong, Karl C. Young

Physical Review Letters · 1981 · 29 citations · 8 references

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Results are presented from a search for fractional charges on mercury drops. About 1 00 000 drops have been measured, comprising 60 \ensuremath{\mu}g of refined mercury and 115 \ensuremath{\mu}g of native mercury. No fractionally charged drops were observed in this sample.

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T Arturo Fernández · conference · 2006 · 5.2K citations

Evidence for the Existence of Fractional Charge on Matter

George S. LaRue, W. M. Fairbank, A. F. Hebard · Physical Review Letters · 1977 · 152 citations

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Experimental Search for Stable, Fractionally Charged Particles

W. A. Chupka, J. P. Schiffer, C. M. Stevens · Physical Review Letters · 1966 · 47 citations

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Electric Neutrality of Matter

G. Gallinaro, M. Marinelli, G. Morpurgo · Physical Review Letters · 1977 · 43 citations

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Quark Catalysis of Exothermal Nuclear Reactions

George Zweig · Science · 1978 · 32 citations

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