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Magnetic fields generated by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

R. G. Evans
R. G. Evans
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX
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Abstract

In the absence of magnetic diffusion the self-generated magnetic field in a plasma is proportional to the fluid vorticity. The ratio of magnetic to fluid energy then shows that self-generated magnetic fields can only affect the Rayleigh Taylor growth rate for large k (wavelengths less then a few microns).

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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 4 , Issue 3-4 , August 1986 , pp. 325 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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