INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION

Market: Students and professionals in plasma and energy research. A cohesive assessment of current and future research trends in what may be the most challenging area of contemporary energy research. This work is edited by K.A. Brueckner--one of the pioneers in inertial confinement fusion--and examines the latest thinking regarding worldwide research in driver energy deposition, thermal and suprathermal electron transport, ICF diagnostics, and targets, drivers, and reactors. TOC:Contents: Targets, drivers, and reactors. Driver-plasma interaction: driver energy absorption and scattering. Generation of suprathermal particles, harmonics, and quasistationary magnetic fields. Transport in laser fusion. ICF diagnostics. Abstracts.