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Approximation Formulas for Nonrelativistic Bremsstrahlung and Average Gaunt Factors for a Maxwellian Electron Gas

P. J. Brussaard^* and H. C. van de Hulst

P. J. Brussaard^*

F.O.M.-Instituut voor Plasmafysica, Jutfaas, Netherlands

H. C. van de Hulst

Sterrewacht, Leiden, Netherlands

^*Present address: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

Rev. Mod. Phys. 34, 507 – Published 1 July, 1962

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.34.507

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