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Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 by M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 is the fourth book in a series devoted to the study of laser-plasma interactions. Subjects covered include laser light propagation, instabilities, compression and hydrodynamics, spectroscopy, diagnostics, computer code, dense plasmas, high-power lasers, X-UV sources and lasers, beat waves, and transport processes.

About M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Dr M B Hooper, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 ONG, Scotland, UK.

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS AND APPLICATIONS OF LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS -- M H KEY -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. LASER FUSION -- Direct drive -- Indirect drive -- Comparison of inertial fusion and magnetic fusion Future facilities -- 2. DENSE PLASMAS -- 3. HIGH INTENSITY LASER PLASMA INTERACTIONS -- 4. PARTICLE ACCELERATORS Wake field acceleration -- 5. XUV AND X-RAY SOURCES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS -- 6. XUV AND X-RAY LASERS -- 7. PARTICLE SOURCES -- 8. DEVELOPMENTS IN LASER TECHNOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- LASER LIGHT PROPAGATION AND INTERACTION WITH PLASMA -- P. MULSER -- 1. CAPACITOR MODEL OF RESONANCE ABSORPTION -- 1.1 Linear resonance absorption -- 1.2 High amplitude electron waves and wavebreaking -- 2. ABSORPTION OF INTENSE fs LASER PULSES -- 2.1 Plasma parameters and the problem of absorption -- 2.2 Collision frequency under strong drift conditions -- Excitation of plasma oscillations by a single fast particle -- Collision frequencies -- Screening and statistical independence -- 2.3 Anomalous skin effect -- 2.4 Ionisation dephasing -- 3. WAVE ACTION AND PROPAGATION IN MODULATED PLASMAS -- 3.1 Generalized ponderomotive action on single particles -- 3.2 Light propagation in periodically modulated plasmas REFERENCES -- LASERINDUCED RADIATION HYDRODYNAMICS: AN INTRODUCTION -- R. SIGEL -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. RADIATIVE TRANSPORT -- 2.1 Radiation confinement -- 2.2 The hydrodynamic equations -- 2.3 The transport'of energy by radiation 2.4 The maximum opacity theorem -- 3. SELF-SIMILAR SOLUTIONS -- 3.1 The Buckingham theorem and self-similarity -- 3.2 The isothermal rarefaction wave as an example of self-similar gas motion -- 3.3 The radiation driven ablative heat wave -- 4. EXPERIMENTS REFERENCES -- LASER DRIVEN INSTABILITIES IN LONG SCALELENGTH PLASMAS II -- W L KRUER -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING -- 3. EFFECT OF ION FLUCTUATIONS ON SRS -- 4. LASER BEAM FILAMENTATION -- 5. LASER BEAM SMOOTHING -- 6. SUMMARY REFERENCES -- SPECTROSCOPY AND ATOMIC PHYSI

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9780905945187

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0905945182

Title

Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 by M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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Scottish Graduate Series

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

1989-01-01

Number of pages

394

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Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 by M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 by M.B Hooper (University of Strathclyde, UK)

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