Overview
- Author is President of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a top expert in the field of materials properties at high energy densities
- Discusses the physics of strong shock, explosion waves and other situations characterized by extremely high pressures and temperatures
- Serves as an introduction to plasma-, shock-wave and high-energy density physics
- This second edition is thoroughly revised and expanded
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 216)
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Book Title: Extreme States of Matter
Book Subtitle: High Energy Density Physics
Authors: Vladimir E. Fortov
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18953-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18952-9Published: 06 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79263-7Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18953-6Published: 26 December 2015
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XVI, 700
Number of Illustrations: 99 b/w illustrations, 346 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plasma Physics, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems, Applied and Technical Physics