Computational investigation of single mode vs multimode Rayleigh-Taylor seeding in Z-pinch implosions

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4183-4198

  Douglas, M R ^a   Deeney, C ^a   Roderick, N F ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMA STABILITY; TUNGSTEN; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

MODE COUPLING; MULTIMODE GROWTH; RANDOM DENSITY SEEDING METHOD; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR SEEDING; SINGLE MODE GROWTH; Z PINCH IMPLOSIONS;

PINCH EFFECT;

EID: 0032362198     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873153     Document Type: Article

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