Structuring Processes in Expanding Laser-Produced Plasmas.

Abstract

A plasma expanding into a magnetic field and/or another plasma can undergo several instabilities which will cause spatial nonuniformities and large scale structure to develop. Potential structure forming instabilities include: various forms of the Rayleigh-Taylor or interchange instability, Kevin-Helmholtz instabilities. In addition, experimental geometric factors can also affect expansion uniformity. The phenomena reported here should be of interest to a broad range of disciplines. Keywords: Plasma, Rayleigh Taylor, Structure, Turbulence, Laser produced plasma.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 1988
Accession Number
ADA195249

Entities

People

  • Barrett H. Ripin
  • C. K. Manka
  • Edgar A. McLean
  • Jacob Grün
  • T. N. Lee

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast Waves
  • Classification
  • Dye Lasers
  • Fluids
  • Frequency
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Produced Plasmas
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Low Density
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Physics
  • Plasma Jets
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Security
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy