1st Edition

Laser-Plasma Interactions

Edited By Dino A. Jaroszynski, R.A. Bingham, R.A Cairns Copyright 2009
452 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

452 Pages 200 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

450 Pages
by CRC Press

A Solid Compendium of Advanced Diagnostic and Simulation Tools Exploring the most exciting and topical areas in this field, Laser-Plasma Interactions focuses on the interaction of intense laser radiation with plasma. After discussing the basic theory of the interaction of intense electromagnetic radiation fields with matter, the book covers three applications of intense fields in... Read more

Preface, D.A. Jaroszynski, R. Bingham, and R.A. Cairns

Laser-Driven Plasmas: A Gateway to High Energy Density Physics and a Test-Bed for Nonlinear Science, W.L. Kruer

An Experimentalist’s Perspective on Plasma Accelerators, C.E. Clayton

Waveguides for High Intensity Laser Pulses, S. Hooker

Harnessing Plasma Waves as Radiation Sources and Amplifiers, D.A. Jaroszynski, A. Reitsma, and B. Ersfeld

High Intensity Laser-Plasma Interaction Experiments, K. Krushelnick

Computational Challenges in Laser-Plasma Interactions, R. Fonseca

Particle Acceleration in Plasmas, R. Bingham

Laboratory Astrophysics Using High Energy Density Photon and Electron Beams, R. Bingham

Acceleration of Photons and Quasi-Particles, J.T. Mendonça

Relativistic Phenomena in Plasma Solitons, F. Pegoraro

Interference Stabilization of Atoms in a Strong Laser Field, M.V. Fedorov

Entanglement and Wave Packet Structures in Photoionization and Other Decay Processes of Bipartite Systems, M.V. Fedorov

Intense Field Quantum Electrodynamics, N. Narozhny

Fundamentals of ICF Hohlraums, M.D. Rosen

Dense Plasma Physics—The Microphysics of Laser-Produced Plasmas, S.J. Rose

Progress in Fast Ignition, P.A. Norreys

Fusion Targets, D.C. Swift

Direct-Drive Inertial Fusion: Basic Concepts and Ignition Target Designing, V.N. Goncharov

Ablative Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability: Theory and Experimental Results, V.N. Goncharov

Index

Biography

Dino A. Jaroszynski, R.A. Bingham, R.A Cairns