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Multimode evolution of the ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov and Landau-Darrieus instability in laser imprint of planar targets

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2399460· OSTI ID:20860448
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  1. Charged Particle Physics Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 (United States)
A mode-coupling model is developed to treat the multimode evolution of the ablative Richtmyer-Meshkov (RM) and Landau-Darrieus (LD) instability in the laser imprint of planar targets. Using this mode coupling model, the multimode power spectrum of the RM and LD instability is computed. For the RM instability, mode-coupling effects lead to a broadening of the oscillatory minima found in linear RM theory. For the LD instability, mode-coupling effects generate an inverse power law spectrum.
OSTI ID:
20860448
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 13; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English