Published December 1998
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Journal article
Saturation of the Rayleigh-Taylor Growth of Broad-Bandwidth Laser-Imposed Nonuniformities in Planar Targets
Creators
- 1. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, 250 East River Road, Rochester, New York 14623 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, Nuclear Research Center Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
Description
The Rayleigh-Taylor evolution of 3D broadband perturbations seeded by 351-nm laser nonuniformities was measured in accelerated planar targets using x-ray radiography at ∼1.3 keV . Fourier analysis shows that the pertubations evolve to longer wavelengths with shorter wavelengths saturating. The saturation amplitudes and rates of growth of 3D features are consistent with the predictions of Haan [Phys.Rev.A 39, 5812 (1989)]. copyright 1998 The American Physical Society
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 81
- Journal Issue
- 24
- Journal Page Range
- p. 5342-5345
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 30010713
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- FOURIER ANALYSIS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY
- Descriptors DEC
- CONFINEMENT; INSTABILITY; PLASMA; PLASMA CONFINEMENT