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Lectures#
Laux, Lecture notes on plasma physics, CentraleSupélec, 2023.
Cross sections databases#
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Thermo databases#
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Reaction rate databases#
Online resources#
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https://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching/plasma/Plasma/node39.html