critical density

collocation in English

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critical
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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density
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈden.sɪ.ti/
us
/ˈden.sə.t̬i/
the number of people or things in a place when compared with the size of ...
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The ponderomotive laser light pressure squeezes out a portion of electrons from the plasma layer near thecriticaldensityarea.
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Experience of micro-heterogeneous target fabrication to study energy transport in plasma nearcriticaldensity.
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A crude but efficient hypothesis can be made by assuming the deposition of the laser energy is done at thecriticaldensity.
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This results in the deterioration of the parameters of ion beams which are generated near thecriticaldensitysurface.
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Specifically, in laser-plasma interaction, plasmas that are nonuniform in the propagation direction up to thecriticaldensityare considered.
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We gradually increase the number of electrons per mesh to track the obtained density profile up to 200 electrons per mesh at twicecriticaldensity.
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Ideally, the channel leads from vacuum to densities up to 100 times thecriticaldensity.
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As a consequence, the laser energy is primarily deposited at thecriticaldensityand has to be transpor ted from there to the dense core.
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This causes only a small part of the laser pulse to be trapped near thecriticaldensity.
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In the present case, because of the n-times modifications, thecriticaldensitymight be in the higher range of warm electron density.
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At thecriticaldensitystrong resonance absorption can be observed.
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