Linear Stability Analysis of Laser-Driven Spherical Implosions
- 18 February 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 32 (7), 352-355
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.32.352
Abstract
A linear approximation method has been developed to study the stability of spherically symmetric hydrodynamic motion. Application of this technique to laser-driven spherical implosions indicates that the implosions are linearly unstable to perturbations at the ablating surface.Keywords
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