The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This book introduces the reader to the fundamental tools and discoveries of high-energy-density physics. It surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamental plasma and hydrodynamic models that can describe them and the problem of scaling from the laboratory to the cosmos. Connections to astrophysics will be discussed throughout. The book is intended to support coursework in high-energy-density physics, to meet the needs of new researchers in this field, and also to serve as a useful reference on the fundamentals.
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The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This book introduces the reader to the fundamental tools and discoveries of high-energy-density physics. It surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamental plasma and hydrodynamic models that can describe them and the problem of scaling from the laboratory to the cosmos. Connections to astrophysics are discussed throughout. The book is intended to support coursework in high-energy-density physics, to meet the needs of new researchers in this field, and also to serve as a useful reference on the fundamentals. Specifically the book has been designed to enable academics in physics, astrophysics, applied physics and engineering departments to provide in a single-course introduction to fluid mechanics and radiative transfer, with dramatic applications in the field of high-energy-density systems.
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This review is from: High-Energy-Density Physics: Fundamentals, Inertial Fusion, and Experimental Astrophysics (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena) (Hardcover)
This book gives a good summary of the equations and models for high-energy density physics. However, you will not get much information on how to write simulation codes and experimental details. This book appears to be the result of the HEDP summer school taught by the author. Not many detailed derivations of equations. Every topic in this book requires at least a whole other book in order to understand.
I'm not an astrophysicist, so many of the topics in this book were not very enlightening for me. The info/price ratio for this book is very low. I would recommend Zeldovich and Raizer's book if you want to understand shock wave theory. Atzeni's book on ICF is far superior to this one.
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- Radiation Hydrodynamics by John I. Castor in Back Matter
- Statistical Physics, Third Edition, Part 1: Volume 5 (Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 5) by L D Landau in Back Matter
- Shock-Wave Phenomena and the Properties of Condensed Matter (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena) by Gennady I. Kanel in Front Matter
- High-Pressure Shock Compression of Solids (Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena) by J.R. Asay in Front Matter
- The Physics Of Laser Plasma Interactions (Frontiers in Physics) by William Kruer in Back Matter
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