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Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition

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Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. / Boella, Elisabetta; Bingham, R.; Cairns, R. A. et al.
In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, Vol. 379, No. 2189, 20200039, 25.12.2021.

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Boella, E, Bingham, R, Cairns, RA, Norreys, PA, Trines, RMGM, Scott, R, Vranic, M, Shukla, N & Silva Miguel, L 2021, 'Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, vol. 379, no. 2189, 20200039. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

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Boella, E., Bingham, R., Cairns, R. A., Norreys, P. A., Trines, R. M. G. M., Scott, R., Vranic, M., Shukla, N., & Silva Miguel, L. (2021). Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences, 379(2189), Article 20200039. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

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Boella E, Bingham R, Cairns RA, Norreys PA, Trines RMGM, Scott R et al. Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences. 2021 Dec 25;379(2189):20200039. Epub 2020 Dec 7. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0039

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Boella, Elisabetta ; Bingham, R. ; Cairns, R. A. et al. / Collisionless shock acceleration in the corona of an inertial confinement fusion pellet with possible application to ion fast ignition. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences. 2021 ; Vol. 379, No. 2189.

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