Extreme States of Matter High Energy Density Physics /

• Main Author: Fortov, Vladimir E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Series in Materials Science, 216
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Phase transitions (Statistical physics).; Plasma Physics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems.; Applied and Technical Physics.

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures. These extreme states are generated, among other things, by strong shock, detonation and electric explosion waves, dense laser...