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Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles. / Thomas, Alexander George Roy.
In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, No. 5, 056708, 03.2010.

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Thomas, AGR 2010, 'Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles', Physics of Plasmas, vol. 17, no. 5, 056708. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3368678

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Thomas, A. G. R. (2010). Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles. Physics of Plasmas, 17(5), Article 056708. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3368678

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Thomas AGR. Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles. Physics of Plasmas. 2010 Mar;17(5):056708. doi: 10.1063/1.3368678

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Thomas, Alexander George Roy. / Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles. In: Physics of Plasmas. 2010 ; Vol. 17, No. 5.

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