Charged-particle acceleration and energy loss in laser-produced plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 5106-5117

  Hicks, D G ^b   Li, C K ^c   Seguin F H ^c   Ram, A K ^c   Frenje, J A ^c   Petrasso, R D ^c   Soures, J M ^a   Glebov, V Yu ^a   Meyerhofer, D D ^a   Roberts, S ^a   Sorce, C ^a   Stockl C ^a   Sangster, T C ^b   Phillips, T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0003178162     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1320467     Document Type: Article

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