Electron and photon beams interacting with plasma

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1840, 2006, Pages 635-645

  Reitsma, Albert ^a   Jaroszynski, Dino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced accelerators; Beam plasma interaction; Laser plasma interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645293191     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1728     Document Type: Article

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