Laser-Plasma Interactions

Preface. Laser-Driven Plasmas: A Gateway to High Energy Density Physics and a Test-Bed for Nonlinear Science. An Experimentalist's Perspective on Plasma Accelerators. Waveguides for High Intensity Laser Pulses. Harnessing Plasma Waves as Radiation Sources and Amplifiers. High Intensity Laser-Plasma Interaction Experiments. Computational Challenges in Laser-Plasma Interactions. Particle Acceleration in Plasmas. Laboratory Astrophysics Using High Energy Density Photon and Electron Beams. Acceleration of Photons and Quasi-Particles. Relativistic Phenomena in Plasma Solitons. Interference Stabilization of Atoms in a Strong Laser Field. Entanglement and Wave Packet Structures in Photoionization and Other Decay Processes of Bipartite Systems. Intense Field Quantum Electrodynamics. Fundamentals of ICF Hohlraums. Dense Plasma Physics-The Microphysics of Laser-Produced Plasmas. Progress in Fast Ignition. Fusion Targets. Direct-Drive Inertial Fusion: Basic Concepts and Ignition Target Designing. Ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability: Theory and Experimental Results. Index.