Numerical simulations of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in planar inertial-confinement-fusion targets using the FastRad3D code

Bates, J. W.; Schmitt, A. J.; Karasik, M.; Zalesak, S. T.

doi:10.1063/1.4967944

Title: Numerical simulations of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in planar inertial-confinement-fusion targets using the FastRad3D code

Journal Article · 01 December 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4967944 · OSTI ID:1337432

^[1]; Schmitt, A. J. ^[1]; Karasik, M. ^[1]; Zalesak, S. T. ^[2]

Plasma Physics Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA
Berkeley Research Associates, Inc., Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA

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