Ebook: Plasmas at High Temperature and Density: Applications and Implications of Laser-Plasma Interaction

This advanced textbook on fundamental macroscopic plasma physics emphasizes the nonlinear and relativistic effects due to laser-plasma interactions. Experiments with lasers of high intensity helped to discover new quantum effects and the longitudinal components of optical radiation in vacuum, and this in turn led to an extension of basic plasma physics, which is presented here together with its impact on classical topics such asinstabilities, solitons, resonance absorpption, etc. The reader will also find sections on energy problems and nuclear fusion.

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This advanced textbook on fundamental macroscopic plasma physics emphasizes the nonlinear and relativistic effects due to laser-plasma interactions. Experiments with lasers of high intensity helped to discover new quantum effects and the longitudinal components of optical radiation in vacuum, and this in turn led to an extension of basic plasma physics, which is presented here together with its impact on classical topics such asinstabilities, solitons, resonance absorpption, etc. The reader will also find sections on energy problems and nuclear fusion.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Aim and Scope....Pages 1-26
Elements of the Microscopic Plasma Theory....Pages 27-51
Kinetic Theory....Pages 52-68
Hydrodynamics....Pages 69-75
Self-Similarity Model....Pages 76-92
Plasma Dynamics and Lorentz Theory....Pages 93-113
Waves in Inhomogeneous Plasma....Pages 114-131
Equation of Motion....Pages 132-176
Momentum and Instabilities by the Nonlinear Forces....Pages 177-203
Numerical and Experimental Examples-Solitons....Pages 204-254
Striated Motion and Resonance Absorption....Pages 255-285
Laser Beams in Plasma....Pages 286-328
Laser Compression of Plasma for Nuclear Fusion....Pages 329-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-442

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This advanced textbook on fundamental macroscopic plasma physics emphasizes the nonlinear and relativistic effects due to laser-plasma interactions. Experiments with lasers of high intensity helped to discover new quantum effects and the longitudinal components of optical radiation in vacuum, and this in turn led to an extension of basic plasma physics, which is presented here together with its impact on classical topics such asinstabilities, solitons, resonance absorpption, etc. The reader will also find sections on energy problems and nuclear fusion.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Aim and Scope....Pages 1-26
Elements of the Microscopic Plasma Theory....Pages 27-51
Kinetic Theory....Pages 52-68
Hydrodynamics....Pages 69-75
Self-Similarity Model....Pages 76-92
Plasma Dynamics and Lorentz Theory....Pages 93-113
Waves in Inhomogeneous Plasma....Pages 114-131
Equation of Motion....Pages 132-176
Momentum and Instabilities by the Nonlinear Forces....Pages 177-203
Numerical and Experimental Examples-Solitons....Pages 204-254
Striated Motion and Resonance Absorption....Pages 255-285
Laser Beams in Plasma....Pages 286-328
Laser Compression of Plasma for Nuclear Fusion....Pages 329-382
Back Matter....Pages 383-442
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