Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser–plasma interactions

Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A. G. R., Collier, J. L., Dangor, A. E., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Gallacher, J. G., Hooker, C. J., Jaroszynski, D. A., Langley, A. J., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Tsung, F. S., Viskup, R., Walton, B. & Krushelnick, K., 30/09/2004, In: Nature. 431, p. 535-538 4 p.

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Observation of mono‐energetic structures in the spectrum of laser wakefield accelerated electrons

Murphy, C. D., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Thomas, A. G. R., Collier, J. L., Dangor, A. E., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Gallacher, J. G., Hooker, C. J., Jaroszynski, D. A., Langley, A. J., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Viskup, R., Walton, B. & Krushelnick, K., 7/12/2004, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 737, 1, p. 853-857 5 p.

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Laser plasma acceleration of electrons: towards the production of monoenergetic beams

Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M., Walton, B., Gopal, A., Clark, E., Dangor, A. E., Fritzler, S., Murphy, C. D., Norreys, P. A., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A. & Viskup, R., 1/05/2005, In: Physics of Plasmas. 12, 5, 056711.

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Electron Acceleration in Cavitated Channels Formed by a Petawatt Laser in Low-Density Plasma

Mangles, S. P. D., Walton, B., Tzoufras, M., Najmudin, Z., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fritzler, S., Gopal, A., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Mori, W. B., Rozmus, W., Tatarakis, M., Thomas, A. G. R., Tsung, F. S., Wei, M. S. & Krushelnick, K., 24/06/2005, In: Physical review letters. 94, 24, 4 p., 245001.

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Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields

Murphy, C. D., Trines, R. M. G. M., Vieira, J., Reitsma, A. J. W., Bingham, R., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Norreys, P. A., Fonseca, R. A., Fiuza, F., Silva, L. O., Mendonça, J. T., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Viskup, R., Jaroszynski, D. A., Mangles, S. P. D., & 3 othersThomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 03/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 3, 033108.

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The generation of mono-energetic electron beams from ultrashort pulse laser–plasma interactions

Mangles, S. P. D., Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Wei, M. S., Walton, B., Gopal, A., Dangor, A. E., Fritzler, S., Murphy, C. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Mori, W. B., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D., Norreys, P. A. & Viskup, R., 15/03/2006, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A. 364, p. 663-677 15 p.

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Optical probing of high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasmas using the VULCAN petawatt laser facility

Nilson, P. M., Mangles, S. P. D., Willingale, L., Kaluza, M. C., Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Evans, R. G., Dangor, A. E., Krushelnick, K., Tatarakis, M., Clarke, R. J., Lancaster, K. L., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Karsch, S. & Schreiber, J., 06/2006, In: Journal de Physique 4. 133, p. 543-547 5 p.

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Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma

Willingale, L., Mangles, SPD., Nilson, PM., Clarke, RJ., Dangor, AE., Kaluza, MC., Karsch, S., Lancaster, KL., Mori, WB., Najmudin, Z., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A., Wei, MS. & Krushelnick, K., 23/06/2006, In: Physical review letters. 96, 24, 4 p., 245002.

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Laser-wakefield acceleration of monoenergetic electron beams in the first plasma-wave period

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Tsung, F. S., Najmudin, Z., Mori, W. B., Wahlstrom, C-G. & Krushelnick, K., 30/06/2006, In: Physical review letters. 96, 21, 215001.

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Erratum: “Evidence of photon acceleration by laser wake fields” [Phys. Plasmas 13, 033108 (2006)]

Murphy, C. D., Trines, R. M. G. M., Vieira, J., Reitsma, A. J. W., Bingham, R., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Norreys, P. A., Fonseca, R. A., Fiuza, F., Silva, L. O., Mendonça, J. T., Gallacher, J. G., Viskup, R., Jaroszynski, D. A., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., & 2 othersKrushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 1/07/2006, In: Physics of Plasmas. 13, 7, 079901.

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Effect of laser contrast ratio on electron beam stability in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Kaluza, M. C., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Persson, A., Najmudin, Z., Wahlstrom, C-G., Murphy, C. D., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Divall, E. J. & Krushelnick, K., 12/2006, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 48, 12B, B83.

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Comment on "Collimated multi-MeV ion beams from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma" - Willingale et al. reply

Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kaluza, M. C., Karsch, S., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Najmudin, Z., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M. S. & Krushelnick, K., 26/01/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 4, 1 p., 049504.

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Measurements of wave-breaking radiation from a laser-wakefield accelerator

Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Kaluza, M. C., Murphy, C. D. & Krushelnick, K., 2/02/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 5, 4 p., 054802.

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Effect of laser-focusing conditions on propagation and monoenergetic electron production in laser-wakefield accelerators

Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Rozmus, W. & Krushelnick, K., 2/03/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 9, 4 p., 095004.

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On the stability of laser wakefield electron accelerators in the monoenergetic regime

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Lundh, O., Lindau, F., Kaluza, M. C., Persson, A., Wahlstrom, C-G., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 1/05/2007, In: Physics of Plasmas. 14, 5, 056702.

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Characterization of Quasi-Monoenergetic Electron Beams at the Lund Laser Centre

Lindau, F., Lundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D., Kaluza, M. C., Krushelnick, K., Najmudin, Z., Persson, A., Thomas, A. G. R. & Wahlstrom, C-G., 2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1707-1714 8 p.

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Magnetic Cavitation and the Reemergence of Nonlocal Transport in Laser Plasmas

Ridgers, C. P., Kingham, R. J. & Thomas, A. G. R., 22/02/2008, In: Physical review letters. 100, 7, 4 p., 075003.

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Monoenergetic electronic beam production using dual collinear laser pulses

Thomas, A. G. R., Murphy, C. D., Mangles, S. P. D., Dangor, A. E., Foster, P., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Norreys, P. A., Viskup, R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 27/06/2008, In: Physical review letters. 100, 25, 4 p., 255002.

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Longitudinal ion acceleration from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasma

Willingale, L., Mangles, S. P. D., Nilson, P. M., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Kailiza, M. C., Karsch, S., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Schreiber, J., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M-S., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 08/2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1825-1832 8 p.

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Self-guided wakefield experiments driven by petawatt-class ultrashort laser pulses

Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Nagel, S. R., Willingale, L. & Najmudin, Z., 08/2008, In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 36, 4, p. 1715-1721 7 p.

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Transport in the presence of inverse bremsstrahlung heating and magnetic fields

Ridgers, C. P., Thomas, A. G. R., Kingham, R. J. & Robinson, A. P. L., 1/09/2008, In: Physics of Plasmas. 15, 9, 092311.

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Photon acceleration and modulational instability during wakefield excitation using long laser pulses

Trines, R. M. G. M., Murphy, C. D., Lancaster, K. L., Chekhlov, O., Norreys, P. A., Bingham, R., Mendonça, J. T., Silva, L. O., Mangles, S. P. D., Kamperidis, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 02/2009, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 51, 2

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Ultrashort pulse filamentation and monoenergetic electron beam production in LWFAs

Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Foster, P. S., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A., Kamperidis, C., Krushelnick, K. & Lancaster, K. L., 02/2009, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 51, 2, 12 p., 024010.

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Rapid self-magnetization of laser speckles in plasmas by nonlinear anisotropic instability

Thomas, A. G. R., Kingham, R. J. & Ridgers, C. P., 3/03/2009, In: New Journal of Physics. 11, 11 p., 033001.

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Characterization of High-Intensity Laser Propagation in the Relativistic Transparent Regime through Measurements of Energetic Proton Beams

Willingale, L., Nagel, S. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Bellei, C., Clarke, R. J., Dangor, A. E., Heathcote, R., Kaluza, M. C., Kamperidis, C., Kneip, S., Krushelnick, K., Lopes, N., Mangles, S. P. D., Nazarov, W., Nilson, P. M. & Najmudin, Z., 27/03/2009, In: Physical review letters. 102, 12, 4 p., 125002.

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MeV proton beams generated by 3 mJ ultrafast laser pulses at 0.5 kHz

Hou, B., Nees, J. A., Easter, J. H., Davis, J., Petrov, G., Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 09/2009, In: Applied Physics Letters. 95, 10, 101503.

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Betatron x-ray generation from electrons accelerated in a plasma cavity in the presence of laser fields

Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 10/2009, In: Physics of Plasmas. 16, 10, 12 p., 103103.

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Generation of Ultrahigh-Velocity Ionizing Shocks with Petawatt-Class Laser Pulses

Nilson, P. M., Mangles, S. P. D., Willingale, L., Kaluza, M. C., Thomas, A. G. R., Tatarakis, M., Najmudin, Z., Clarke, R. J., Lancaster, K. L., Karsch, S., Schreiber, J., Evans, R. G., Dangor, A. E. & Krushelnick, K., 18/12/2009, In: Physical review letters. 103, 25, 4 p., 255001.

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High-order harmonic generation from solid targets with 2 mJ pulses

Easter, J. H., Mordovanakis, A. G., Hou, B., Thomas, A. G. R., Nees, J. A., Mourou, G. & Krushelnick, K., 2010, In: Optics Letters. 35, 19, p. 3186-3188 3 p.

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Synchrotron x-ray radiation from laser wakefield accelerated electron beams in a plasma channel

Matsuoka, T., Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Huntington, C., Horovitz, Y., Dollar, F., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V., Phuoc, K. T., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 2010, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 244, 4, 4 p., 042026.

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Ionization Induced Trapping in a Laser Wakefield Accelerator

McGuffey, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Schumaker, W., Matsuoka, T., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F. J., Kalintchenko, G., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Krushelnick, K., Bychenkov, V. Y., Glazyrin, I. V. & Karpeev, A. V., 15/01/2010, In: Physical review letters. 104, 2, 4 p., 025004.

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Algorithm for calculating spectral intensity due to charged particles in arbitrary motion

Thomas, A. G. R., 02/2010, In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 13, 2, 11 p., 020702.

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Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles

Thomas, A. G. R., 03/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 5, 056708.

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Generation of GeV protons from 1 PW laser interaction with near critical density targets

Bulanov, S. S., Bychenkov, V. Y., Chvykov, V., Kalinchenko, G., Litzenberg, D. W., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Willingale, L., Yanovsky, V., Krushelnick, K. & Maksimchuk, A., 04/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 4, 8 p., 043105.

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Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser-Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S., Shvets, G., Downer, M. C., Matlis, N. H., Leemans, W. P., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 2/04/2010, In: Physical review letters. 104, 13, 4 p., 134801.

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Proton deflectometry of a magnetic reconnection geometry

Willingale, L., Nilson, P. M., Kaluza, M. C., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fernandes, P., Haines, M. G., Kamperidis, C., Kingham, R. J., Ridgers, C. P., Sherlock, M., Thomas, A. G. R., Wei, M. S., Najmudin, Z., Krushelnick, K., Bandyopadhyay, S., Notley, M., Minardi, S., Tatarakis, M. & Rozmus, W., 9/04/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 4, 5 p., 043104.

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Holographic visualization of laser wakefields

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Li, Z-Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chyvkov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 30/04/2010, In: New Journal of Physics. 12, 20 p., 045016.

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Plasma cavitation in ultraintense laser interactions with underdense helium plasmas

Nilson, P. M., Mangles, S. P. D., Willingale, L., Kaluza, M. C., Thomas, A. G. R., Tatarakis, M., Clarke, R. J., Lancaster, K. L., Karsch, S., Schreiber, J., Najmudin, Z., Dangor, A. E. & Krushelnick, K., 30/04/2010, In: New Journal of Physics. 12, 10 p., 045014.

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Visualization of plasma bubble accelerators using Frequency-Domain Shadowgraphy: ICHED 2009 - 2nd International Conference on High Energy Density Physics

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Shvets, G., Downer, M. C., Matlis, N. H., Leemans, W. P., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R. & Yanovsky, V., 06/2010, In: High Energy Density Physics. 6, 2, p. 153-156 4 p.

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Stimulated Raman Side Scattering in Laser Wakefield Acceleration

Matsuoka, T., McGuffey, C., Cummings, P. G., Horovitz, Y., Dollar, F., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Rousseau, P., Yanovsky, V., Bulanov, S. S., Thomas, A. G. R., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 14/07/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 3, 4 p., 034801.

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Fast Advection of Magnetic Fields by Hot Electrons

Willingale, L., Thomas, A. G. R., Nilson, P. M., Kaluza, M. C., Bandyopadhyay, S., Dangor, A. E., Evans, R. G., Fernandes, P., Haines, M. G., Kamperidis, C., Kingham, R. J., Minardi, S., Notley, M., Ridgers, C. P., Rozmus, W., Sherlock, M., Tatarakis, M., Wei, M. S., Najmudin, Z. & Krushelnick, K., 24/08/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 9, 4 p., 095001.

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Observation of a Long-Wavelength Hosing Modulation of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse in Underdense Plasma

Kaluza, M. C., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Dangor, A. E., Murphy, C. D., Collier, J. L., Divall, E. J., Foster, P. S., Hooker, C. J., Langley, A. J., Smith, J. & Krushelnick, K., 26/08/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 9, 4 p., 095003.

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Measurement of Magnetic-Field Structures in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator

Kaluza, M. C., Schlenvoigt, H. -P., Mangles, S. P. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Dangor, A. E., Schwoerer, H., Mori, W. B., Najmudin, Z. & Krushelnick, K. M., 7/09/2010, In: Physical review letters. 105, 11, 4 p., 115002.

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Effects of ionization in a laser Wakefield accelerator

McGuffey, C., Schumaker, W., Kneip, S., Matsuoka, T., Bychenkov, V. Y., Glazyrin, I. V., Karpeev, A. V., Dollar, F. J., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Yanovsky, V., Thomas, A. G. R., Maksimchuk, A. & Krushelnick, K., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, p. 144-149 6 p.

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Formation of Optical Bullets in Laser‐Driven Plasma Bubble Accelerators

Dong, P., Reed, S. A., Yi, S. A., Kalmykov, S. Y., Shvets, G., Matlis, N. H., McGuffey, C., Bulanov, S. S., Chvykov, V., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Matsuoka, T., Thomas, A. G. R., Yanovsky, V. & Downer, M. C., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 171-173 3 p.

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Summary Report of Working Group 1: Laser‐Plasma Acceleration

Geddes, C. G. R., Clayton, C., Lu, W. & Thomas, A. G. R., 11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 79-87 9 p.

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Synchrotron Radiation from a Laser Plasma Accelerator in the Bubble Regime

Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Kalintchenko, G., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Matsuoka, T., Nagel, S. R., Palmer, C. A. J., Schreiber, J., Phuoc, K. T., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 4/11/2010, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1299, 1, p. 185-190 6 p.

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