Edward Teller Lectures : Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy

by Heinrich, Hora; Miley, George H.; Campbell, E. M.

• ISBN13: 9781860944680
• ISBN10: 186094468X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Summary

"How to achieve unlimited, safe, clean and low-cost energy by laser- or beam-driven inertial nuclear fusion has preoccupied all winners of the Edward Teller Medal since its inception in 1991. This book presents their findings, meeting discussions, and personal insights from Edward Teller himself. Expect discussion of important advances anticipated in the future such as multi-billion dollar fusion research projects (NIF), and new schemes such as the petawatt-picosecond laser-plasma interactions evoking new physics and coupling mechanisms."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Portrait of Edward Teller	v
Motto	vii
Edward Teller
Foreword	1	(2)
Edward Michael Campbell
Introductory Remarks to the ``Edward Teller Lectures''	3	(22)
H. Hora
G. H. Miley
Occasional Addresses by Edward Teller at Conferences of Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena (LIRPP)	25	(56)
Futurology of High Intensity Lasers (LIRPP Vol. 3A)	29	(10)
Lecture in Connection with the Edward Teller Medal Award (LIRPP Vol. 10)	39	(4)
Photo of the First Recipients of the Edward Teller Medal in 1991	43	(1)
Photos from the Edward Teller Medal Celebration in 1997	44	(1)
Photo with Participants of the LIRPP No. 12 Conference, 1995	45	(1)
Photo with Edward Teller Medalists at IFSA01, Kyoto, 2001	46	(3)
Keynote Address: The Edward Teller Lecture (LIRPP Vol. 11)	49	(8)
Keynote Address: Dr. Edward Teller (LIRPP Vol. 12)	57	(4)
Teller Award Presentation and Keynote Address (LIRPP Vol. 13)	61	(10)
Laudations of Awardees 1991--1995 (LIRPP Vol. 13)	71	(6)
Laudations of Awardees 1999--2003	77	(4)
Lectures Presented by the Edward Teller Medalists	81	(272)
Edward Teller Medal: Acceptance Remarks (LIRPP Vol. 10)	85	(1)
J. H. Nuckolls
Comments on the History and Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion (LIRPP Vol. 10)	85	(4)
J. H. Nuckolls
Comments on the History and Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion (LIRPP Vol. 10)	89	(6)
N. G. Basov
Laser Fusion Research in 30 Years: Lecture of Edward Teller Awardee (LIRPP Vol. 10)	95	(8)
C. Yamanaka
New Basic Physics Derived from Laser Plasma Interaction (LIRPP Vol. 10)	103	(14)
H. Hora
Acceptance of the Edward Teller Medal (LIRPP Vol. 11)	117	(4)
R. Dautray
The Edward Teller Medal Lecture: The Evolution Toward Indirect Drive and Two Decades of Progress Toward ICF Ignition and Burn (LIRPP Vol. 11)	121	(30)
J. D. Lindl
Views on Inertial Fusion Energy Development (LIRPP Vol. 11)	151	(6)
S. Nakai
Path to Ignition: US Indirect Target Physics (LIRPP Vol. 12)	157	(10)
M. Cray
E. M. Campbell
Teller Award Acceptance Speech (LIRPP Vol. 12)	167	(12)
R. L. McCrory
1995 Edward Teller Lecture: Patience and Optimism (LIRPP Vol. 12)	179	(20)
G. H. Miley
Teller Award Acceptance Speech (LIRPP Vol. 12)	199	(4)
G. A. Kirillov
The Edward Teller Medal Lecture: High Intensity Lasers and the Road to Ignition (LIRPP Vol. 13)	203	(12)
M. H. Key
ICF Related Research at MPQ (LIRPP Vol. 13)	215	(8)
J. Meyer-ter-Vehn
The Long Way Towards Inertial Fusion Energy (LIRPP Vol. 13)	223	(8)
G. Velarde
Monte Carlo Methods in ICF (LIRPP Vol. 13)	231	(22)
G. B. Zimmerman
Scaling Laws of Nonlinear Rayleigh--Taylor and Richtmyer--Meshkov Instabilities in Two and Three Dimensions (IFSA 1999)	253	(10)
D. Shvarts
Design of Ignition Targets for the National Ignition Facility (IFSA 1999)	263	(8)
S. W. Haan
A Survey of Studies on Ignition and Burn of Inertially Confined Fuels (IFSA 2001)	271	(10)
S. Atzeni
Teller Medal Lecture IFSA 2001: Problems and Solutions in the Design and Analysis of Early Laser Driven High Energy Density and ICF Target Physics Experiments (IFSA 2001)	281	(12)
M. D. Rosen
Prospects for High-Gain, High Yield NIF Targets Driven by 2ω (Green) Light	293	(20)
L. J. Suter
Hydrodynamic Instability, Integrated Code, Laboratory Astrophysics and Astrophysics	313	(24)
H. Takabe
Years Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena (LIRPP Vol. 13)	337	(16)
H. Hora
Author Index	353	(6)
Subject Index	359	(6)
Acknowledgment	365