Preface |
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1 Plasma and Atomic Physics |
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1 | (19) |
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3 | (6) |
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1.2 Free Electron Speed and Energy Distributions |
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9 | (2) |
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1.3 The Density of Quantum States for Free Electrons |
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11 | (1) |
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1.4 The Degree of Ionisation |
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12 | (3) |
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1.5 The Bohr Energy Level Model for Atoms and Ions |
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15 | (5) |
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18 | (2) |
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2 The Propagation of Light |
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20 | (32) |
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2.1 Electromagnetic Waves in Plasmas |
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21 | (6) |
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2.2 Electromagnetic Waves in a Magnetised Plasma |
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27 | (4) |
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31 | (3) |
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2.4 Focused Laser Light in Plasmas |
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34 | (12) |
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2.5 Radiation and Charge Acceleration |
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46 | (6) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (28) |
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3.1 Scattering by a Free Electron |
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53 | (2) |
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3.2 Scattering by Bound Electrons |
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55 | (3) |
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3.3 Scattering by a Multi-Electron Atom |
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58 | (4) |
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3.4 Refractive Index Values |
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62 | (8) |
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3.5 Coherent and Incoherent Thomson Scattering by Free Electrons |
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70 | (4) |
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3.6 Scattering of Unpolarised Light and Compton Scattering |
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74 | (6) |
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77 | (3) |
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4 Radiation Emission in Plasmas |
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80 | (17) |
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4.1 The Planck Radiation Law |
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80 | (7) |
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4.2 The Einstein A and B Coefficients |
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87 | (3) |
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4.3 Emission and Absorption |
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90 | (3) |
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4.4 Introducing the Equation of Radiative Transfer |
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93 | (4) |
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95 | (2) |
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5 Radiation Emission Involving Free Electrons |
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97 | (16) |
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97 | (4) |
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101 | (2) |
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5.3 Inverse Bremsstrahlung Absorption |
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103 | (1) |
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5.4 Radiative Recombination |
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104 | (4) |
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108 | (1) |
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5.6 Generalised Expressions for Radiative Processes Involving Free Electrons |
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109 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (14) |
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6.1 The Equation of Radiative Transfer |
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114 | (1) |
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6.2 Intensities in an Optically Thick Planar Geometry |
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115 | (2) |
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6.3 Radiation Pressure in a Planar Geometry |
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117 | (1) |
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6.4 Radiation Diffusion in a Planar Geometry |
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118 | (2) |
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6.5 The Rosseland Mean Opacity |
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120 | (2) |
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6.6 Intensities Absorbed in a Thin Layer |
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122 | (1) |
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6.7 Relationships between the Frequency-Averaged Opacities |
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123 | (4) |
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125 | (2) |
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7 Discrete Bound Quantum States: Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Like Ions |
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127 | (25) |
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7.1 A Quantum Mechanical Treatment of Atoms and Ions |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (7) |
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7.3 Magnetic Moment, Electron Spin and Degeneracy |
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136 | (2) |
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7.4 Hydrogen Fine Structure |
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138 | (7) |
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7.5 Spectroscopic Notation |
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145 | (1) |
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7.6 Hyperfine Structure: The Effect of Nuclear Spin |
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145 | (4) |
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7.7 Summary for Hydrogen and Hydrogen-Like Ions |
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149 | (3) |
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149 | (3) |
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8 Discrete Bound States: Many-Electron Atoms and Ions |
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152 | (14) |
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8.1 Exchange Parity and the Pauli Exclusion Principle |
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153 | (1) |
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8.2 The Central Field Approximation |
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154 | (5) |
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8.3 The Coulomb and Spin-Orbit Interactions |
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159 | (5) |
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8.4 Summary for Multi-Electron Atoms and Ions |
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164 | (2) |
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164 | (2) |
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9 Discrete Bound States: Molecules |
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166 | (11) |
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9.1 The Hydrogen Molecule Ion H2+ |
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167 | (5) |
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9.2 Covalent and Ionic Molecular Bonds |
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172 | (1) |
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9.3 Molecular Vibrational and Rotational States |
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172 | (5) |
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174 | (3) |
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10 Radiative Transitions between Discrete Quantum States |
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177 | (31) |
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10.1 Quantum Theory of the Atom-Radiation Interaction |
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178 | (11) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (13) |
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10.4 Transitions between States Affected by Zeeman and Stark effects |
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203 | (5) |
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205 | (3) |
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208 | (18) |
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11.1 Collisions in Plasmas |
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208 | (2) |
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11.2 A Consequence of the Conservation of Angular Momentum in Collisions |
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210 | (1) |
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11.3 The Evaluation of Collisional Cross-Sections |
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211 | (6) |
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11.4 The Evaluation of Inelastic Collisional Cross-Sections |
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217 | (2) |
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11.5 Scaling of Inelastic Cross-Sections |
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219 | (2) |
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11.6 Collisional Excitation for Forbidden Transitions |
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221 | (1) |
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11.7 Inelastic Atomic and Ionic Collisions |
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221 | (1) |
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11.8 Collisional Ionisation |
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221 | (1) |
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11.9 Charge Exchange Recombination |
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222 | (2) |
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11.10 Dissociative Recombination |
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224 | (2) |
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224 | (2) |
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12 Collisional-Radiative Models |
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226 | (29) |
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12.1 Collisional Excitation and De-Excitation |
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226 | (3) |
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12.2 Collisional Ionisation and Three-Body Recombination |
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229 | (2) |
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12.3 Collisional and Radiative Processes |
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231 | (3) |
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12.4 The Escape Factor Approximation for the Effects of Radiation |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (3) |
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12.6 Dielectronic Recombination and Auto-Ionisation |
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239 | (4) |
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243 | (1) |
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12.8 Spectral Line Intensity Ratios |
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244 | (2) |
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12.9 The Average Ionisation |
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246 | (9) |
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250 | (5) |
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255 | (23) |
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13.1 Examples of High-Density Plasmas |
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256 | (2) |
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13.2 The Ion-Ion Plasma Coupling Constant |
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258 | (1) |
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13.3 The Fermi Energy and Pressure of Free Electrons |
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259 | (4) |
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13.4 The Saha-Boltzmann Equation at High Density |
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263 | (2) |
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13.5 The Thomas-Fermi Model |
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265 | (2) |
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13.6 The Average Atom Model |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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13.8 Collisional Rates at High Density |
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270 | (4) |
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13.9 Radiative Rates at High Density |
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274 | (4) |
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276 | (2) |
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Appendix Vectors, Maxwell's Equations, the Harmonic Oscillator and a Sum Rule |
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278 | (13) |
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278 | (5) |
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283 | (2) |
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A.3 The Harmonic Oscillator |
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285 | (3) |
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A.4 The Thomas-Reiche-Kuhn Sum Rule |
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288 | (3) |
References |
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291 | (6) |
Index |
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