Physical Review Letters · 1974 · 454 citations · 4 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsHeat TransferPlasma PhysicsThermal AnalysisLaser PhysicsLaser-plasma InteractionsNuclear FusionAblation PhysicsImplosion HydrodynamicsLaser AblationLaser-driven FusionRayleigh-taylor InstabilityStabilizationThermal ConductivityThermal Conductivity Effects
The Rayleigh-Taylor instability in laser-driven spherical implosions can be stabilized by convective flow and by the "fire-polishing" effect, but the size of the stabilization effect depends on details of the thermal conductivity near the ablation surface.
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