Thermal Processes Using Attosecond Laser Pulses

Introduction.- Wave phenomena: an overview.- Hyperbolic partial differential equations and wave phenomena.- The discrete Boltzmann equation.- The existence of a solution for a hyperbolic equation.- Causal thermal phenomena, classical description.- Fundamentals of the rapid thermal processes.- The thermal wave as the solution of HHT.- Causal thermal phenomena, quantal description.- Discretization of the thermal excitation in high excited matter.- Klein-Gordon thermal equation.- Application of the quantum heat transport equation.- The Pauli-Heisenberg model.- Ballistic and diffusion heat transport.- Causal thermal phenomena in a Planck Era.- The time arrow in a Planck gas. -Klein-Gordon thermal equation for a Planck gas. -Attophysics and technology with ultra-short laser pulses. -Quantum heat transport: from basics to applications.- Looking into the nanoworld. -Faster, brighter, shorter. - Hyperbolic heat transport induced by zeptosecond laser pulse.- Possible thermal waves generation by femtosecond TESLA free electron lasers (FEL).- New laser facility LUX - Linac based ultra-fast X-ray laser facility.- Fundamental physics with attosecond laser pulses. -Precision measurements of the fundamental constant of nature.- The life of the universe.- Epilogue. The emergence of quantum dynamics in a classical world.- Key questions.- Schrödinger-Newton wave mechanics. The model.- Appendices.