Evolution of spot-size of lowest-order Bessel-Gaussian laser beams in plasma with relativistic-ponderomotive nonlinearity

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 356, 2026 5^th International Conference on Condensed Matter and Applied Physics (ICC 2025)


Article Number		02010
Number of page(s)		9
Section		Applied Physics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202635602010
Published online		05 March 2026

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