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COHERENT RADIATION GENERATION AND PARTICLE ACCELERATION, edited by Prokhorov, AIP, New York, 1992, pp528. ISBN 0-88318-926-7; LC92-82562. Price: $120.00 hc. Edited by Nobel Laureate, A.M. Prokhorov of the Russian Academy of Sciences, this book is based on an invited Symposium organized by the La Jolla International School of Physics, Inst. for Advanced Physics, La Jolla, California, in February, 1991. It covers theoretical, experimental, and technological problems addressed by prominent researchers from around the world. Contributors in the series - all of whom were invited - were encouraged by the organizers to go beyond the narrow confines of their work and reflective broader issues. This is reflected in the incisive essays which review critical issues, critique the field's status, and point the way toward new avenues and trends in research. V. Stefan of the Institute for Advanced Physics Studies, who is the series editor, has put together an excellent volume which documents the latest thinking and future trends in research. The topic covered in these essays are free electron lasers, microwave generators, relativistic beam physics, radiation and energy physics, as well as accelerators and synchrotron radiation physics. The first part of this book covers topics in coherent radiation generation with a review by Bratman and colleagues on the methods to obtain single mode operation in high power microwave generators. The cyclotron autoresonance MA5ER amplifier is discussed by Danly and colleagues, with possible applications as an RF source in the next generation of linear colliders. There are a number of important discussions on the free electron lasers relating operating parameters to scaling laws and the subject of chaos in free electron lasers. Non-linear interaction of ultrashort relativistically strong laser pulses with plasmas is analyzed by Bulanov and colleagues and the optical guiding of such pulses is discussed by Litvak and colleagues. The second part of the book covers topics on particle acceleration with lasers and plasmas. Three topics are well covered here. Work on the laser plasma beatwave acceleration is discussed in detail and recent progress in this area reported from laboratories in Europe (Dyson), Japan (Kitagawa), and Canada (Ebrahim). Work on particle acceleration in plasma wakefields in a plasma by Breizman and colleagues and the problem of electromagnetic pulse and self-focusing in wakefield generation by Garuchava and colleagues, as well as Tsintsadze. Recent experimental work on plasma wakefield acceleration and plasma lens is discussed by Ogate. From the material presented in this volume, it is clear that the goal set by the symposium in this volume was met. The symposium brought together some of the most prominent researchers from around the world. Their discussion indicate the status of some of the areas covered and the future trend in these fields. The interdisciplinary nature of the material will make this book valuable to both veteran researchers and those new to the field. Nizar Ebrahim AECL Research Chalk River
This is a forum for the publication of edited topical books within key fields of physics. Volumes in the series are based largely on invited symposia organized by the La Jolla International School of Physics, a division of the Institute for advanced Physics Studies, La Jolla, California. These small, select meetings bring together prominent researchers from around the world to discuss critical issues, critique a field's present status, and point the way toward new avenues in research. Some volumes are based on a selection of topics and contributors made by appointed
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