The L4n laser beamline of the P3-installation: Towards high-repetition rate high-energy density physics at ELI-Beamlines

N. Jourdain; U. Chaulagain; M. Havlík; D. Kramer; D. Kumar; I. Majerová; V. T. Tikhonchuk; G. Korn; S. Weber

doi:10.1063/5.0022120

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