Contribution to the nonlinear theory of the "modified" decay instability
Al'terkop B.A. , Volokitin A.S., Shapiro V.D. , Shevchenko V.I.
An expression is derived for heat flow in a plasma in which the electron mean free path exceeds the characteristic scale of the inhomogeneity. This expression is used to derive a formula for the electron temperature in a plasma corona as a function of the laser power.