Laser-Plasma Interactions 4 / Edition 1

by M.B Hooper

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780905945187
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1989
Series:	Scottish Graduate Series , #35
Pages:	394
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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 — LASER—INDUCED 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