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Some Highlights in the History of High-Speed Photography and Photonics as Applied to Ballistics

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High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII

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  1. Solid Dynamics and Energetic Materials Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Department 1647, MS1181, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87185-1181, USA

    Lalit C. Chhabildas

  2. 39 Cañoncito Vista Road, Tijeras, NM, 87059, USA

    Lee Davison

  3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS F699, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    Yasuyuki Horie

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Fuller, P.W. (2005). Some Highlights in the History of High-Speed Photography and Photonics as Applied to Ballistics. In: Chhabildas, L.C., Davison, L., Horie, Y. (eds) High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids VIII. High-Pressure Shock Compression of Condensed Matter. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27168-6_7

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