Extreme states of matter : high energy density physics /

Extreme states of matter : high energy density physics /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Fortov, V. E., author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Cham : Springer, [2015] ©2016
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 700 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Springer series in materials science ; volume 216 Springer series in materials science ; v. 216.
Subject:	Matter -- Properties. Particles (Nuclear physics) Particles (Nuclear physics) Matter -- Properties.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11251667

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ISBN:	9783319189536 3319189530 9783319189529 3319189522
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 4, 2016).
Summary:	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. This second edition is thoroughly revised and expanded, in particular with new material on high energy-density physics, nuclear explosions and other nuclear transformation processes.
Other form:	Printed edition: 9783319189529
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-319-18953-6

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Matter under Extreme Conditions: Classification of States
High Energy Densities in Laboratories
Extreme States in a Nuclear Explosion
High-Power Lasers in High-Energy Density Physics
Relativistic Charged Particle Beams
Technical Applications of the Physics of High Energy Densities
Nuclear Transformations under Strong Compression
High Energy Densities in Planets and Stars
High Energy Densities outside of Compact Astrophysical Objects.