Observation of collapsing radiative shocks in laboratory experiments
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Observation of collapsing radiative shocks in laboratory experiments
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physics of Plasmas
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1070-664X,1089-7674
DOI: 10.1063/1.2222294