Title :
Early time instability growth for MagLIF seeded by electro-thermal and material strength effects
Author :
Pecover, James ; Weinwurm, Marcus ; Chittenden, Jeremy
Author_Institution :
Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Magnetized liner inertial fusion (MagLIF) is a promising pathway to controlled thermonuclear fusion. The concept involves magnetically imploding a metal liner; a key limitation of such systems is the magneto-Rayleigh-Taylor (MRT) instability. MagLIF relevant liner implosions carried out by McBride et al [1] showed large amplitude MRT instability growth, requiring an azimuthally correlated seed to be added to simulations in order to achieve agreement.
Keywords :
Rayleigh-Taylor instability; fusion reactor materials; plasma inertial confinement; MagLIF; electrothermal instability; instability growth; liner implosions; magnetized liner inertial fusion; magnetoRayleigh-Taylor instability; metal liner; thermonuclear fusion; Educational institutions; Fusion reactors; Magnetomechanical effects; Materials; Metals; Surface waves; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) held with 2014 IEEE International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2014 IEEE 41st International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2711-1
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2014.7012331
