Hot Matter from High-Power Lasers

Peter Mulser, born in Völs-Fiè, (Bolzano), Italy, studied physics at the University of Pisa, at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, and at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, where he gained his diploma. He received his PhD in physics from the Technical University of Munich. In 1981, following research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Garching and at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, he became a full Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Technical University of Darmstadt.

Hot Matter from High-Power Lasers.- Single particle motion.- Laser induced fluid dynamics.- Hot matter in thermal equilibrium.- Waves in the ideal plasma.- Unstable fluids and plasmas.- Transport in plasma.- Radiation from hot matter.- Applications of high power lasers.

"The book is clearly written and is dedicated to the emerging field of high-power lasers with pressures comparable to those in collapsing cosmic objects, which exceed the pressures in the interior of stars. ... The book is a course for master students and has nine chapters - each chapter ending with problems, references and a guide for further reading. ... This is a very useful book for readers working in lasers and solid-state physics." (Daniela Dragoman, Optics & Photonics News, osa-opn.org, May 27, 2021)

“The book is clearly written and is dedicated to the emerging field of high-power lasers with pressures comparable to those in collapsing cosmic objects, which exceed the pressures in the interior of stars. … The book is a course for master students and has nine chapters – each chapter ending with problems, references and a guide for further reading. … This is a very useful book for readers working in lasers and solid-state physics.” (Daniela Dragoman, Optics & Photonics News, osa-opn.org, May 27, 2021)