Dark Matter Search Results from the PandaX-4T Commissioning Run

@article{Meng2021DarkMS,
  title={Dark Matter Search Results from the PandaX-4T Commissioning Run},
  author={Yue Meng and Zhou Wang and Yi Tao and Abdusalam Abdukerim and Zihao Bo and Wei Chen and Xun Chen and Yunhua Chen and Chen Cheng and Yun-Zhong Cheng and Xiangyi Cui and Yingjie Fan and Deqing Fang and Chang-Bo Fu and Mengting Fu and Li-Hui Geng and Karl Ludwig Giboni and Linhui Gu and Xuyuan Guo and Kyong Chol Han and Changda He and Jinrong He and Di Huang and Yanlin Huang and Zhou Huang and Ruquan Hou and Xiangdong Ji and Yonglin Ju and Chenxiang Li and Mingchuan Li and Shu Li and Shuaijie Li and Qingjie Lin and Jianglai Liu and Xiaoying Lu and Lingyin Luo and Wenbo Ma and Yugang Ma and Yajun Mao and Nasir Shaheed and Xu Ning and Ningchun Qi and Zhicheng Qian and Xiangxiang Ren and Changsong Shang and Guofang Shen and Lin Si and Wen-wei Sun and Andi Tan and Anqing Wang and Meng Wang and Qiuhong Wang and Shaobo Wang and Siguang Wang and Wen Wang and Xiuli Wang and Mengmeng Wu and Weihao Wu and Jingkai Xia and Meng-Meng Xiao and Xi Xiao and Pengwei Xie and Binbin Yan and Xiyu Yan and Jijun Yang and Yong Yang and Chun-xu Yu and Jumin Yuan and Ying Yuan and Dan Zhang and Minzhen Zhang and Peng Zhang and Tao Zhang and Li Zhao and Qibin Zheng and Jifang Zhou and Ning Zhou and Xiaopeng Zhou and Yong Zhou},
  journal={Physical Review Letters},
  year={2021}
}
Yue Meng, 2 Zhou Wang, 2, 3 Yi Tao, 2 Abdusalam Abdukerim, Zihao Bo, Wei Chen, Xun Chen, 2 Yunhua Chen, Chen Cheng, Yunshan Cheng, 7 Xiangyi Cui, Yingjie Fan, Deqing Fang, Changbo Fu, Mengting Fu, Lisheng Geng, 12 Karl Giboni, Linhui Gu, Xuyuan Guo, Ke Han, Changda He, Jinrong He, Di Huang, Yanlin Huang, Zhou Huang, Ruquan Hou, Xiangdong Ji, Yonglin Ju, Chenxiang Li, Mingchuan Li, Shu Li, Shuaijie Li, Qing Lin, 17, ∗ Jianglai Liu, 3, 2, † Xiaoying Lu, 7 Lingyin Luo, Wenbo Ma, Yugang Ma, Yajun… 
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