  Resistively guiding laser-generated fast electron beams in targets consisting
of a resistive wire embedded in lower $Z$ material should allow one to rapidly
heat the wire to over 100eV over a substantial distance without strongly
heating the surrounding material. On the multi-ps timescale this can drive
hydrodynamic motion in the surrounding material. Thus ultra-intense laser solid
interactions have the potential as a controlled driver of radiation
hydrodynamics in solid density material. In this paper we assess the laser and
target parameters needed to achieve such rapid and controlled heating of the
embedded wire.
