Matter in Extreme States Created by Laser
Lasers have become a standard tool in high pressure physics. They allow to produce multi-Megabar shock waves which brings matter to extreme conditions of high-energy-density. Experiments in converging geometry allow studying matter in the GBar pressure regime. Using lasers it is possible to obtain completely new set of experimental data which are important from several fields of physics: modellization of interior planets and dwarf stars, inertial confinement fusion, material science. Such experimental renaissance is accompanied by novel development in theoretical models of matter in extreme conditions which are becoming able to describe matter at density above solid state and high temperatures. The goal of this special issue is to present experimental and theoretical developments around the world and trends in current research.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to:
- Matter in extreme states by laser shock compression
- Extreme states produced by ultrafast laser heating of matter at solid density
- Theoretical description of matter at high pressure
- Extreme states produced by FEL and XFEL
- Physics of Non-equilibrium Warm Dense Matter
- Impedance matching method for unsteady shock wave
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy for WDM experiments
- Development of diagnostics for High energy Density states of Matter
- Extreme states from precompressed targets
- Blast waves produced by short pulse laser
Guest Editors
Katarzyna Jakubowska, Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, Poland
Dimitri Batani, CELIA, University of Bordeaux, France
X. T. He, Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, China
Keisuke Shigemori, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, Japan