High-Intensity X-rays - Interaction with Matter Processes in Plasmas, Clusters, Molecules and Solids

Filling the need for a book bridging the effect of matter on X-ray radiation and the interaction of x-rays with plasmas, this monograph provides comprehensive coverage of the topic. As such, it presents and explains such powerful new X-ray sources as X-ray free-electron lasers, as well as short pulse interactions with solids, clusters, molecules, and plasmas, and X-ray matter interactions as a diagnostic tool. Equally useful for researchers and practitioners working in the field.

Stefan Hau-Riege is project leader in the Physics division of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), working on x-ray free-electron-laser interactions with materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the MIT and a M.S. in Solid-State Physics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Atomic Physics
Scattering of X-ray Radiation
Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
Electron Dynamics
Short X-ray Pulses
High-intensity Effects in the X-ray Regime
Dynamics of X-ray-Irradiated Materials
Simulation of X-ray-Matter Interaction
Examples of X-ray-Matter Interaction