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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 2, pp. 3–13, March–April, 1978.
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Mastryukov, A.F., Synakh, V.S. Unsteady-state thermal self-focusing of pulses. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 19, 147–155 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850024