1. Equation of state and HEDP Steven Rose Clarendon Laboratory University of Oxford and AWE, Aldermaston UK

2. Plasma conditions achieved with high-power lasers long-pulse (nsec) laser short-pulse (psec) laser combined long and short-pulse laser

3. Energy exchange in a laser-produced plasma

4. Evolution of a free electron distribution by electron-electron collisions

5. Ionisation of aluminium at 1gcm -3

6. Ionisation of iron at 1gcm -3

7. Ionisation of tin at 1gcm -3

8. Development of the radiation field for iron at 500eV and 1gcm -3

11. Strong coupling

12. Degeneracy effects in plasmas

13. Strong-coupling and degeneracy regions in a carbon plasma

14. Strong-coupling and degeneracy regions in an aluminium plasma