LASER INTERACTION AND RELATED PLASMA PHENOMENA VOL 10: v. 10

The Tenth International Workshop on [title], held at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, November 1991, marked the inauguration of the Edward Teller Medal for Achievements in Fusion Energy. Volume 10 includes an opening message by Teller and the acceptance remarks of the four awardees, who review the history of laser fusion research and describe the new physics derived from laser plasma interactions. Contributors provide thorough coverage of the latest developments in the field, including papers on an innovative and successful X-ray focusing optics technology; the first demonstration of a nuclear flashlamp-pumped laser; recent developments in inertial fusion energy reactor concepts; and the role of inertial fusion in solving the greenhouse effect. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.