Continuum lowering - A new perspective

High Energy Density Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-102

  Crowley, B J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuum lowering; Coulomb systems; Ionization potential depression; Photoionization; Plasma equation of state

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924049965     PISSN: 15741818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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