Physics of Inertial Fusion - Beamplasma Interaction, Hydrodynamics, Hot Dense Matter

Zusatztext ... will certainly become the predominant reference book in inertial confinement fusion. A truly remarkable work. Informationen zum Autor Stefano Atzeni is Professor of Physics in the Dipartimento di Energetica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" and INFM, Italy; Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn is Professor of Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, and at the Technical University of Munich, Germany Klappentext This book is on inertial confinement fusion, an alternative way to produce electrical power from hydrogen fuel by using powerful lasers or particle beams. Two huge laser facilities are presently under construction to show that this method works. It involves the compression of tiny amounts(micrograms) of fuel to thousand times solid density and pressures otherwise existing only in the centre of stars. Thanks to advances in laser technology, it is now possible to produce such extreme states of matter in the laboratory. Recent developments have boosted laser intensities again with newpossibilities for laser particle accelerators, laser nuclear physics, and fast ignition of fusion targets. This is a reference book for those working on beam plasma physics, be it in the context of fundamental research or applications to fusion energy or novel ultra-bright laser sources. The bookcombines quite different areas of physics: beam target interaction, dense plasmas, hydrodynamic implosion and instabilities, radiative energy transfer as well as fusion reactions. Particular attention is given to simple and useful modeling, including dimensional analysis and similarity solutions.Both authors have worked in this field for more than 20 years. They want to address in particular those teaching this topic to students and all those interested in understanding the technical basis. Zusammenfassung Provides information on fusion energy, burning hydrogen which is available from water. It is the energy source of the sun. It produces neither greenhouse gases leading to global warming nor nuclear waste. This book describes how to use powerful lasers to ignite the hydrogen fuel, and is aimed at those who want to understand its technical basis....

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• Authors: Stefano Atzeni, Stefano ( Atzeni, Stefano Meyer-Ter-Vehn Atzeni, Atzeni Stefano, J. Rgen Meyer-Ter-Vehn, Jurgen Meyer-Ter-Vehn, Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn, Jurgen Atzeni Meyer-Ter-Vehn
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2004
• EAN: 9780198562641
• ISBN: 978-0-19-856264-1
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics; International Series of Monogr; International Series of Monographs on Physics; International Monographs on Ph
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Atomic & Molecular, SCIENCE / Physics / Nuclear, Nuclear physics, Particle & high-energy physics, Atomic & molecular physics, Plasma Physics, Particle and high-energy physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, SCIENCE / Physics / Particle