Laser-Plasma Interactions and Applications

Part I. Theoretical Foundations

1. Theory of Underdense Laser-Plasma Interactions with Photon Kinetic Theory
Luis O. Silva, Robert Bingham

2. Theory of Laser-Overdense Plasma Interactions
Alexander Andreev

Part II. High Energy Density Physics

3. Shock Waves and Equations of State Related to Laser Plasma Interaction
Shalom Eliezer

4. The Effect of a Radiation Field on Excitation and Ionisation in Non-LTE High Energy Density Plasmas
Steven J. Rose

5. Energetic Electron Generation and Transport in Intense Laser-Solid Interactions
Paul McKenna, Mark N. Quinn

Part III. Inertial Confinement Fusion

6. The Physics of Implosion, Ignition and Propagating Burn
John Pasley

7. Cryogenic Deuterium and Deuterium-Tritium Direct–Drive Implosions on Omega
Valeri N. Goncharov

8. Indirect Drive at the NIF Scale
Mordecai D. (‘Mordy’) Rosen

9. Laser-Plasma Coupling with Ignition-Scale Targets: New Regimes and Frontiers on the National Ignition Facility
William L. Kruer

10. Inertial Confinement Fusion with Advanced Ignition Schemes: Fast Ignition and Shock Ignition
Stefano Atzeni

Part IV. Laser-Plasma Particle and Radiation Sources

11. Laser Plasma Accelerators
Victor Malka

12. Ion Acceleration: TNSA
Markus Roth, Marius Schollmeier

13. Coherent Light Sources in the Extreme Ultraviolet, Frequency Combs and Attosecond Pulses
Matt Zepf

Part V. Tools and Instrumentation

14. Hydrodynamic Simulation
Alex P. L. Robinson

15. Particle-in-Cell and Hybrid Simulation
Alex P. L. Robinson

16. Diagnostics of Laser-Plasma Interactions
David Neely, Tim Goldsack

17. Microtargetry for High Power Lasers
Martin Tolley, Chris Spindloe

Keywords: Physics, Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction, Plasma Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Laser Technology, Photonics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics