Strong self-focusing in quasi-stationary laser plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 4259-4265

  Malka, V ^a   Renard Le Galloudec, N ^a,b,d   Huller S ^c   Pesme, D ^c   Amiranoff, F ^a   Baton, S D ^a   Modena, A ^a   Mounaix, Ph ^c   Rousseaux, C ^b   Salvati, M ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 1242329654     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1290594     Document Type: Article

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