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  • noun Plural form of annihilation.

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Examples

  • Among his research papers one finds included, the discovery of neutral pions in cosmic rays (together with J. Hooper and D.T. King at Bristol University, England) and the first systematic study of antiproton annihilations (together with research groups at the University of California, Berkeley, USA).

    CV of Gösta Ekspong 2010

  • So even though we have enough nuclear weapons to kill off the planet completely – it may only be enough for 1 total annihilation – not 5 total annihilations.

    CNN Poll: Public divided on eliminating all nuclear weapons 2010

  • The ultimate death toll may have been higher than that orchestrated by Hitler, but absolute annihilations like those envisaged by the Nazis were never on the agenda.

    A World Behind Barbed Wire Andrew Stuttaford 2011

  • But family annihilations are in a different class, says Jack Levin, a professor of sociology at Northeastern University and lead author of the soon-to-be-released 10-year study.

    Inside the Minds of Family Annihilators 2010

  • Bang was such that in spite of massive annihilations the universe ended up matter and not antimatter.

    Our Rare Universe (Trilogy Part 2 cont,) 2010

  • The PAMELA detector and Fermi spacecraft found TeV gamma photon flux from the galactic center, in some agreement with neutralino annihilations.

    What Can The (Dark) Matter Be? | Universe Today 2010

  • So one might get the impression that the antiproton result is a blow against the idea that we are seeing dark-matter annihilations.

    Looking for Dark Matter in All the Wrong Places Sean 2009

  • The blue line is a simple model that you might expect in the absence of any dark-matter annihilations, and the red points are the Fermi results.

    Fermi Waffles on Dark Matter Sean 2009

  • If one were to set up a lot of particles in motion, maybe according to a hydro-code, then the evolution might clump some of this matter into the center with increased radiation production from neutralino annihilations and the eventual production of compact bodies towards the center.

    Early Galaxy Pinpoints Reionization Era | Universe Today 2009

  • (Without ready access to champagne and caviar, we can hardly be expected to justify unusual branching ratios in WIMP annihilations.)

    Looking for Dark Matter in All the Wrong Places Sean 2009

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