Interpenetration and stagnation in colliding laser plasmas
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K. F. Al-Shboul, S. S. Harilal, S. M. Hassan, A. Hassanein, J. T. Costello, T. Yabuuchi, K. A. Tanaka, and Y. Hirooka Center for Materials Under eXtreme Environment, School of Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA Department of Nuclear Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan School of Physical Sciences and NCPST, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 5650871, Japan National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi, Toki, Gifu, Japan
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