Some Rayleigh-Taylor Stabilizing Mechanisms in Thin Laser Targets.

Abstract

Several mechanisms that reduce the linear growth rate and severity of Rayleigh-Taylor instability in thin, inhomogeneous laser targets are discussed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047401

Entities

People

  • F. S. Felber
  • S. E. Bodner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Boundaries
  • Convection
  • Differential Equations
  • Eigenvalues
  • Equations
  • Ground State
  • High Density
  • Implosions
  • Instability
  • Laser Targets
  • Low Density
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Perturbations
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition