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Self-generated Magnetic Fields in the Plasma Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability

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Self-generated magnetic fields that arise in initially unmagnetized plasma during the ideal two-fluid plasma Richtmyer-Meshkov instability of a thermal interface are investigated computationally. These fields are of significant interest as they may adversely affect the coupling between the laser energy and the fuel in inertial confinement fusion implosions. We explore the mechanism by which these fields are generated and how their strength depends on the plasma parameters.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the KAUST Office of Sponsored Research under Award URF/1/2162-01. This work was supported by computational resources provided by the Australian Government under the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme.

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  1. Centre for Hypersonics, School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia

    V. Wheatley & Daryl Bond

  2. Mechanical Engineering, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

    Y. Li & R. Samtaney

  3. Graduate Aerospace Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

    D. I. Pullin

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  1. Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

    Akihiro Sasoh

  2. Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan

    Toshiyuki Aoki

  3. Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Masahide Katayama

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Wheatley, V., Bond, D., Li, Y., Samtaney, R., Pullin, D.I. (2019). Self-generated Magnetic Fields in the Plasma Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability. In: Sasoh, A., Aoki, T., Katayama, M. (eds) 31st International Symposium on Shock Waves 1. ISSW 2017. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91020-8_77

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