The laser inertial thermo-nuclear fusion. Part 1: the laser-matter interaction. Volume 1

This first volume gives a general introduction on thermonuclear laser fusion. The plasmas physic, collision and collective interactions are developed with a description of the plasma-laser interaction, of the parametric instabilities (Brillouin, Raman, two plasmons decomposition, Langmuir waves and filamentation). (A.B.). refs., figs., tabs