We would like to invite submission of original manuscripts for a special issue of High Power Laser Science and Engineering dedicated to Laboratory Astrophysics.

The scope of the special issue will span the latest research and reviews on the following topics:

·         Collisionless shocks 
·         Planetary formation dynamics and planetary interiors
·         Warm Dense Matter
·         Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Instabilities 
·         Magnetic reconnection
·         Relativistic plasmas
·         Magnetic turbulence and magnetic amplification
·         Nuclear Astrophysics
·         Radiative Transfer and Radiation Hydrodynamics
·         Target design
·         Laser facility platforms

 
Submission Deadline: November 30, 2017. For more details on High Power Laser Science and Engineering, please visit the website at: www.cambridge.org/ HPL. Manuscripts must be uploaded via the on-line submission system at: http://mc03.manuscriptcentral.com/clp-hpl. Please specify that the manuscript is for the Special Edition (choose the Manuscript Type ‘Special Issue’ from the drop-down menu).

Special Issue Guest Editors:

Francisco Suzuki-Vidal                                                                               
Imperial College London, UK                                                                        
f.suzuki@imperial.ac.uk                                                                                 

Carolyn Kuranz
University of Michigan, USA
ckuranz@umich.edu                                                           

Yutong Li                                                                                                                                                                                        
IOP, Beijing, China                                                                                         
ytli@iphy.ac.cn