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Physics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Plasma density --- Laser-plasma interactions --- Plasma (Gaz ionisés) --- Interactions laser-plasma --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Densité --- Energy level densities --- General and Others --- Plasma Physics --- Interactions, Laser-plasma --- Density, Plasma --- Densities, Energy level --- Density, Energy level --- Level densities, Energy --- Level density, Energy --- Nuclear level densities --- Nuclear level density --- Laser beams --- Energy levels (Quantum mechanics)
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In this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of complex energy systems must rely on quantitative measures of many fundamental variables. Power density -- the rate of energy flux per unit of area -- is an important but largely overlooked measure. Smil provides the first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of the power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, thermal electricity generation, and all common energy uses. Smil shows that careful quantification, critical appraisals, and revealing comparisons of power densities make possible a deeper understanding of the ways we harness, convert, and use energies. Conscientious assessment of power densities, he argues, proves particularly revealing when contrasting the fossil fuel--based energy system with renewable energy conversions. Smil explains that modern civilization has evolved as a direct expression of the high power densities of fossil fuel extraction. He argues that our inevitable (and desirable) move to new energy arrangements involving conversions of lower-density renewable energy sources will require our society -- currently dominated by megacities and concentrated industrial production -- to undergo a profound spatial restructuring of its energy system.
Energy level densities. --- Energy auditing. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Power resources. --- Agrotechnology and Food Sciences. Engineering --- Energy. --- Energy --- Energy resources --- Power supply --- Natural resources --- Energy harvesting --- Energy industries --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Auditing --- Densities, Energy level --- Density, Energy level --- Level densities, Energy --- Level density, Energy --- Nuclear level densities --- Nuclear level density --- Energy levels (Quantum mechanics) --- ENVIRONMENT/Energy --- ENVIRONMENT/General --- PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
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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 degrees, and pressures that exceed 100 million atmospheres. This book introduces the reader to the fundamental tools and discoveries of high-energy-density physics. It surveys the production of high-energy-density conditions, the fundamental plasma and hydrodynamic models that can describe them and the problem of scaling from the laboratory to the cosmos. Connections to astrophysics are discussed throughout. The book is intended to support coursework in high-energy-density physics, to meet the needs of new researchers in this field, and also to serve as a useful reference on the fundamentals. Specifically the book has been designed to enable academics in physics, astrophysics, applied physics and engineering departments to provide in a single-course introduction to fluid mechanics and radiative transfer, with dramatic applications in the field of high-energy-density systems.
Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Energy level densities. --- Plasma density. --- Plasma astrophysics. --- Laser-plasma interactions. --- Densities, Energy level --- Density, Energy level --- Level densities, Energy --- Level density, Energy --- Nuclear level densities --- Nuclear level density --- Energy levels (Quantum mechanics) --- Gaseous discharge --- Gaseous plasma --- Magnetoplasma --- Ionized gases --- Interactions, Laser-plasma --- Laser beams --- Astrophysical plasmas --- Plasmas, Astrophysical --- Astrophysics --- Density, Plasma --- Astrophysics. --- Particle and Nuclear Physics. --- Atoms and Molecules in Strong Fields, Laser Matter Interaction. --- Plasma Physics. --- Astrophysics and Astroparticles. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Nuclear physics. --- Atoms. --- Physics. --- Plasma (Ionized gases). --- Fluids. --- Space sciences. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Hydraulics --- Mechanics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Chemistry, Physical and theoretical --- Matter --- Stereochemistry --- Atomic nuclei --- Atoms, Nuclei of --- Nucleus of the atom --- Constitution
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