Laser Plasma Theory and Simulation Book

	Introduction to the Series
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
1.1	Laser plasmas	1
1.2	Critical elements for laser fusion and related plasma corona physics	2
2	Plasma Corona Physics	5
2.1	Collisional absorption	5
2.2	Resonance absorption	10
2.3	Parametric instabilities in the plasma corona	19
2.3.1	Introduction	19
2.3.2	Simulated Raman scattering (SRS)	21
2.3.3	Two plasmon decay (TPD)	24
2.3.4	Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)	27
2.3.5	Interaction between instabilities	29
3	Energy Transport	31
3.1	Hot electron generation and fast ion	31
3.2	Electron heat transport	36
3.2.1	Classical heat transport theory	36
3.2.2	Heat flux limitation	39
3.2.3	Kinetic effects on heat transport	40
3.2.4	Fokker-Planck simulation	42
3.3	Radiation heat transport	49
3.3.1	Introduction	49
3.3.2	Radiation transport kinetics	50
3.3.3	Coupling of radiation with matter	59
3.3.4	Average ion model	62
3.3.5	Rate equation	66
3.3.6	Collisional radiative model	74
3.3.7	X-ray generation in laser-hearted high-Z plasmas	81
	References	85
	Index	93