Strongly Inhibited Rayleigh-Taylor Growth with 0.25-μm Lasers
- 11 August 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (6), 703-706
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.703
Abstract
It is shown through numerical simulation that the Rayleigh-Taylor growth rate for targets accelerated by laser ablation, is reduced below the classical value, , by factors of 3-4 with 0.25-μm laser light. The simulation results are supported by an analytical expression for the growth rates. These results provide further evidence for the viability of high-aspect-ratio shells in direct-drive laser fusion.
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