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Magnetically Induced Rotating Rayleigh-Taylor Instability
Published on: March 3, 2017
Size distribution and energy spectrum in the mixed state induced by Rayleigh-Taylor instability
G Hazak1, Y Elbaz, J H Gardner
1Berkeley Research Associates, Inc., Springfield, Virginia 22150, USA.
Abstract:
A study--based on simulations and experiments as well as analytical derivations--of the internal structure of the fragmented ("mixed") state induced by the Rayleigh-Taylor instability at the interface between two fluids is presented. The distribution of sizes and the energy spectrum in the fragmented state are derived from the symmetries exhibited by the data and by dimensional analysis.
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