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Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields. / Ridgers, C. P.; Thomas, Alexander George Roy; Kingham, R. J. et al.
In: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, No. 9, 092311, 01.09.2008.

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Ridgers, CP, Thomas, AGR, Kingham, RJ & Robinson, APL 2008, 'Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields', Physics of Plasmas, vol. 15, no. 9, 092311. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2978092

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Ridgers, C. P., Thomas, A. G. R., Kingham, R. J., & Robinson, A. P. L. (2008). Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields. Physics of Plasmas, 15(9), Article 092311. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2978092

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Ridgers CP, Thomas AGR, Kingham RJ, Robinson APL. Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields. Physics of Plasmas. 2008 Sept 1;15(9):092311. doi: 10.1063/1.2978092

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Ridgers, C. P. ; Thomas, Alexander George Roy ; Kingham, R. J. et al. / Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields. In: Physics of Plasmas. 2008 ; Vol. 15, No. 9.

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