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Sheath broadening in imploding Z-pinches due to large-bandwidth Rayleigh-Taylor instability
- 1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (United States)
- 2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Description
The magnetic Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability has been predicted and observed to cause break-up of the plasma sheath in imploding z-pinches. It is shown that for the type of density profile encountered in strongly-radiating pinches, instability at very short wavelengths grows to the non-linear stage and seeds progressively longer wavelengths. The result is a self-similar broadening of the sheath as found for mix layers in fluid RT unstable systems. (author). 2 figs., 4 refs
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Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 80-902250-4-7
- Imprint Title
- Beams '96. Proceedings of the 11th international conference on high power particle beams. Vol. II
- Imprint Pagination
- [692 p.].
- Journal Page Range
- p. 721-724.
- Report number
- INIS-CZ--0003
Conference
- Title
- 11. international conference on high power particle beams.
- Acronym
- Beams' 96
- Dates
- 10-14 Jun 1996.
- Place
- Prague (Czech Republic).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Czech Republic
- Country of Input or Organization
- Czech Republic
- INIS RN
- 28056004
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- HOT PLASMA; IMPLOSIONS; LONGITUDINAL PINCH; MAGNETIC COMPRESSION; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES; PLASMA SHEATH; PLASMA SIMULATION; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPRESSION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INSTABILITY; MECHANICS; PINCH EFFECT; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; SIMULATION