Suppression of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in-Pinch Loads with Tailored Density Profiles
- 29 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 77 (5), 853-856
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.77.853
Abstract
A load structure with tailored density profile which delays the onset of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability development in imploding pinches by inverting acceleration of the magnetic field/plasma interface is proposed and studied numerically. This approach makes it possible to start gas-puff implosions from large radii (say, 8 cm) and produce significant -shell yield with current pulse duration of 250 ns and longer. It could also be used to mitigate imprinting of initial perturbations into laser fusion targets.
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