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       [19]Real-time data analysis in particle physics
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       [28]The Top quark discovery
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       [31]Searching for Long-Lived BSM Particles at the LHC
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       [34]Scholarpedia of Touch
       Tony J. Prescott, Ehud Ahissar, and Eugene Izhikevich, Eds. (2016).
       Scholarpedia of Touch. Paris: Atlantis Press.
       Touch is the ability to understand the world through physical contact. The
       noun "touch" and the verb "to touch" derive from the Old French verb
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