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Suppression of Rayleigh Taylor instability in strongly coupled plasmas

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4881468· OSTI ID:22304238
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  1. Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382428 (India)
The Rayleigh Taylor instability in a strongly coupled plasma medium has been investigated using the equations of generalized hydrodynamics. It is demonstrated that the visco-elasticity of the strongly coupled medium due to strong inter particle correlations leads to a suppression of the Rayleigh Taylor instability unless certain threshold conditions are met. The relevance of these results to experiments on laser compression of matter to high densities including those related to inertial confinement fusion using lasers has also been shown.
OSTI ID:
22304238
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 21; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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