Theory and Simulation of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in the Limit of Large Larmor Radius
- 28 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 59 (26) , 2971-2974
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.59.2971
Abstract
The theory and first nonlinear simulations of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the limit of large ion Larmor radius are presented. It is shown that in the limit of large Larmor radius, the Rayleigh-Taylor instability evolves much faster and in a dramatically different manner than in the limit of small Larmor radius.Keywords
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