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A simple model of three-body recombination in a freely expanding plasma which is initially isothermal but whose initial density decreases with radius leads to a variation of ion charge state within the ion flow, in qualitative agreement with that observed in laser-produced plasma experiments.
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Goforth et al. (1976) studied this question.
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