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  1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rm. 26-217, 02139, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    Bruno Coppi

  2. Laboratoire de Physique des Gaz et des Plasmas (Associé au CNRS), Université Paris XI, Bâtiment 212, 91405, Orsay, France

    C. Deutsch

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Ferris Hall, 37996-2100, Knoxville, Tennessee

    E. Panarella & J. Reece Roth

  4. Advanced Laser and Fusion Technology, Inc. (ALFT), 189 Deveault St, #7, J8Z 1S7, Hull, P.Q., Canada

    E. Panarella

  5. Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica, Universitá di Torino, via P. Giuria, 1, 10125, Torino, Italy

    Francesco Pegoraro

  6. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P. O. Box 808, L-640, 94550, Livermore, California

    Richard F. Post

  7. Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, 92521-0412, Riverside, California

    Hafiz-Ur Rahman

  8. Department of Physics, University of California, 92717, Irvine, California

    Norman Rostoker

  9. Division of Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, The University of Texas, 6900 North Loop 1604 West, 78249-0664, San Antonio, Texas

    Nikos A. Salingaros

  10. Institute of Nuclear Fusion, Polytechnic University of Madrid, José Gutierrez Abascal 2, E-28006, Madrid, Spain

    Guillermo Velarde

  11. Institute of Laser Technology, 2-6 Yamada-oka, 565, Suita, Osaka, Japan

    C. Yamanaka

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Coppi, B., Deutsch, C., Panarella, E. et al. Report on the International Symposium “Evaluation of Current Trends in Fusion Research”. J Fusion Energ 14, 281–327 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02215181

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