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Tomaž Žagar et al 2005 New J. Phys. 7 253 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/253

Laser-generated nanosecond pulsed neutron sources: scaling from VULCAN to table-top

Tomaž Žagar1,3, Jean Galy1, Joseph Magill1 and Mark Kellett2

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