Particle-in-cell simulations of ultra intense laser pulses propagating through overdense plasma for fast-ignitor and radiography applications

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 2041-2047

  Lasinski, Barbara F ^a   Langdon, A Bruce ^a   Hatchett, Stephen P ^a   Key, Michael H ^a   Tabak, Max ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000894598     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873496     Document Type: Article

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