Plasmas at high temperature and density : applications and implications of laser-plasma interaction

Cover ......Page 1
Lecture Notes in Physics: Monographs 1 ......Page 2
Plasmas at High Temperature and Density ......Page 4
Preface ......Page 7
Contents ......Page 11
1 Aim and Scope ......Page 14
2 Elements of the Microscopic Plasma Theory ......Page 40
3 Kinetic Theory ......Page 65
4 Hydrodynamics ......Page 82
5 Self-Similarity Model ......Page 89
6 Plasma Dynamics and Lorentz Theory ......Page 106
7 Waves in Inhomogeneous Plasma ......Page 127
8 Equation of Motion ......Page 145
9 Momentum and Instability by the Nonlinear Forces ......Page 190
10 Numerical and Experimental Examples - Solitons ......Page 217
11 Striated Motion and Resonance Absorption ......Page 268
12 Laser Beams in Plasma ......Page 299
13 Laser Compression of Plasma for Nuclear Fusion ......Page 342
Appendix A: The Effective Mass ......Page 396
Appendix B: The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution ......Page 400
Appendix C: Derivation of the General Two-Fluid Equations ......Page 404
Notes Added in Proof ......Page 412
List of Symbols ......Page 414
References (by Numbers) ......Page 419
References (Alphabetical) ......Page 432
Subject Index ......Page 445