Electrical, laser and acoustic breakdown of a liquid, resemblance and distinctions

For the first time, the analysis of generality and distinction of the physical phenomena occurring in a liquid at nonlinear absorption of pulse energy of different kinds (electric, laser, acoustic) is presented. These problems are analyzed from position of transformation of one kind of energy into others. Physical and hydrodynamic phenomena are investigated at focusing of single laser pulse into water, single acoustic wave into water, and various ways of localization of energy in a liquid under action single pulses of electric energy. Mechanisms of electric, laser and acoustic-shock breakdowns of a liquid are compared.