The raw numbers of high-energy-density physics are amazing: shock waves at hundreds of km/s (approaching a million km per hour), temperatures of millions of deg

This book has two goals. One goal is to provide a means for those new to high-energy-density physics to gain a broad foundation from one text. The second goal i

With its many beautiful colour pictures, this book gives fascinating insights into the unusual forms and behaviour of matter under extremely high pressures and

Recent scientific and technical advances have made it possible to create matter in the laboratory under conditions relevant to astrophysical systems such as sup

A valuable and complete resource that brings together many of the branches of physics needed in high-energy-density physics. Targeted at research scientists and