On the Stability of a Magnetically Compressed Plasma Surface

Abstract

An attempt to show that the occurrence of RayleighTaylor (R-T) instabilities depends on the magnitude of the initial rising rate of the magnetic field, B = (dB/dt), if other experimental conditions are the same, is presented. The inertia force driving instability and the resistive damping decrease, in effect, with increasing B. The absence of instabilities is due to lower values of B. Data are presented in tabular form, and discrepancies are discussed. (L.N.N.)