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Physics of laser driven plasmas

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OSTI ID:5666609
The following chapters are included: (1) elements of the microscopic plasma theory; (2) kinetic theory; (3) hydrodynamics; (4) self-similarity model; (5) plasma dynamics and Lorentz theory; (6) waves in inhomogeneous plasma; (7) equation of motion; (8) transfer of momentum, and creation of instabilities by the nonlinear forces; (9) numerical and experimental examples solitons; (10) striated motion and resonance absorption; (11) laser beams in plasma; and (12) laser compression of plasma for nuclear fusion. (MCW)
OSTI ID:
5666609
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English