Overview
- New edition of a textbook widely known as the best introduction to high-energy-density physics and inertial fusion
- Contains a conceptual and mathematical introduction to all the major subareas within the physics of hot, high-pressure systems and warm dense matter
- Updated treatments of equations of state, heat waves, and ionization fronts
Part of the book series: Graduate Texts in Physics (GTP)
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Book Title: High-Energy-Density Physics
Book Subtitle: Foundation of Inertial Fusion and Experimental Astrophysics
Authors: R Paul Drake
Series Title: Graduate Texts in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67711-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67710-1Published: 12 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88473-8Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67711-8Published: 02 January 2018
Series ISSN: 1868-4513
Series E-ISSN: 1868-4521
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXIII, 658
Number of Illustrations: 228 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Plasma Physics, Energy Systems, Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices