Extreme States of Matter: on Earth and in the Cosmos (The Frontiers Collection)

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures. These extreme states are generated, among other things, by strong shock, detonation and electric explosion waves, dense laser beams, electron and ion beams, hypersonic entry of spacecraft into dense atmospheres of planets, and in many other situations characterized by extremely high pressures and temperatures. Written by one of the world's foremost experts on the topic, this book will inform and fascinate all scientists dealing with materials properties and physics, and also serve as an excellent introduction to plasma-, shock-wave and high-energy-density physics for students and newcomers seeking an overview. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Matter under Extreme Conditions: Classification of States....Pages 7-24 High Energy Densities in Laboratories....Pages 25-74 High-Power Lasers in High-Energy-Density Physics....Pages 75-96 Relativistic Charged Particle Beams....Pages 97-142 Technical Applications of the Physics of High Energy Densities....Pages 143-184 Astrophysical Aspects of High Energy Densities....Pages 185-330 Conclusion....Pages 331-332 Back Matter....Pages 333-333 This book offers fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures. Discussion of plasma-, shock-wave and high-energy density physics is supplemented with many beautiful colour pictures. Annotation Offering fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and temperatures, this text discusses many key themes relating to materials properties and physics Book annotation not available for this Extreme States of Fortov, Vladimir Springer VerlagPublication 2010/12/29Number of 332Binding HARDCOVERLibrary of Vladimir E. Fortov. Includes Bibliographical References.