Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas

Srinivasan, Bhuvana; Dimonte, Guy; Tang, Xian-Zhu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165002

Title: Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas

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Authors:: Srinivasan, Bhuvana; Dimonte, Guy; Tang, Xian-Zhu

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1098746

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Srinivasan, Bhuvana, Dimonte, Guy, and Tang, Xian-Zhu. Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2012. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165002.

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                    Srinivasan, Bhuvana, Dimonte, Guy, & Tang, Xian-Zhu. Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165002

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"Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165002.

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  title        = {Magnetic field generation in Rayleigh-Taylor unstable inertial confinement fusion plasmas},

  author       = {Srinivasan, Bhuvana and Dimonte, Guy and Tang, Xian-Zhu},

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