STABILITY ANALYSIS OF UNSTEADY ABLATION FRONTS

Authors
BETTI R MCCRORY RL VERDON CP
Citation
R. Betti et al., STABILITY ANALYSIS OF UNSTEADY ABLATION FRONTS, Physical review letters, 71(19), 1993, pp. 3131-3134
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
71
Issue
19
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3131 - 3134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)71:19<3131:SAOUAF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The linear stability analysis of unsteady ablation fronts is carried o ut for a semi-infinite uniform medium. For a laser accelerated target, it is shown that a properly selected modulation of the laser intensit y can lead to the dynamic stabilization or growth-rate reduction of a large portion of the unstable spectrum. The theory is in qualitative a greement with the numerical results obtained by using the two-dimensio nal hydrodynamic code ORCHID.