Experimental investigation of strong field trident production
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Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Denmark University of Florence, Florence, Italy Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa (Received 2 July 2009; revised manuscript received 18 August 2010; published 6 October 2010)
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