Edward Teller Lectures: Lasers And Inertial Fusion Energy (Hardcover, Second Edition)

How to achieve unlimited, safe, clean and low-cost energy by laser- or beam-driven inertial nuclear fusion has preoccupied all winners of the Edward Teller Medal since its inception in 1991. This book presents their findings, meeting discussions, and personal insights from Edward Teller himself. Expect discussion of important advances anticipated in the future such as multi-billion dollar fusion research projects (NIF), and new schemes such as the petawatt-picosecond laser-plasma interactions evoking new physics and coupling mechanisms.For the first time, laser technology of the new century is providing the very short and extremely intense energetic pulses needed for fusion energy from next generation power stations, which produce energy at cost several times lower than any other source. The long-sought dream to directly ignite frozen heavy hydrogen for controlled use is close to being realized. Years of research on plasmas and lasers carried out worldwide in highly sophisticated experiments is summarized. The coverage begins with the work of John Nuckolls and Nobel Laureate Nikolai Basov and leads to the new scheme of plasma block acceleration via the nonlinear ponderomotive force. Edward Teller Lectures is one of the first guides to these new developments.

General

Imprint:	Imperial College Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2016
First published:	2016
Editors:	Heinrich Hora • George H. Miley
Dimensions:	249 x 163 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	512
Edition:	Second Edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-911299-65-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Nuclear structure physics
LSN:	1-911299-65-4
Barcode:	9781911299653

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