Laboratory astrophysics with intense and ultra-intense lasers

Since the first laser generation by T. H. Maiman in July 1960, the laser technology has made a big progress. With the energetic lasers, the plasmas characterized by the temperature and density comparable to the interior of the Sun have been produced in laser fusion experiments. It will be possible to study complex hydrodynamic and radiation phenomena relating to, for example, the physics of evolution of stars by use of the intense lasers. We try to clarify a possible research scenario according to which a part of the critical issues to be studied in the astrophysics will be solved in model experiments with the intense and ultra-intense lasers. The paper is mainly focused on the topics related to hydrodynamic and radiation phenomena.