Diagnosing hot electron production by short pulse, high intensity lasers using photonuclear reactions

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 70, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 1213-1216

  Phillips, T W ^a   Cable, M D ^a   Cowan, T E ^a   Hatchett, S P ^a   Henry, E A ^a   Key, M H ^a   Perry, M D ^a   Sangster, T C ^a   Stoyer, M A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001651119     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1149337     Document Type: Article

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