High-Energy-Density Physics Foundation of Inertial Fusion and Experimental Astrophysics /

• Main Author: Drake, R Paul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2018.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Atoms.; Physics.; Astrophysics.; Plasma (Ionized gases).; Energy systems.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Plasma Physics.; Energy Systems.; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.

The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This title surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamenta...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to High-Energy-Density Physics
• Descriptions of Fluids and Plasmas
• Properties of High-Energy-Density Plasmas
• Shocks and Rarefactions
• Hydrodynamic Instabilities
• Radiative Transfer
• Radiation Hydrodynamics
• Creating High-Energy-Density Conditions
• Inertial Confinement Fusion
• Experimental Astrophysics
• Relativistic High-Energy-Density Systems
• Appendix A: Constants, Acronyms, and Standard Variables
• Appendix B: Sample Mathematica Code
• Appendix C: List of the Homework Problems and Solutions to Selected Problems.