INSTABILITY OF TAYLOR-SEDOV BLAST WAVES PROPAGATING THROUGH A UNIFORM GAS

被引：167

作者：

GRUN, J

STAMPER, J

MANKA, C

RESNICK, J

BURRIS, R

CRAWFORD, J

RIPIN, BH

机构：

[1] Space Plasma Branch, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1991年 / 66卷 / 21期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.2738

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We present the first measurements of an instability in Taylor-Sedov blast waves propagating through a uniform gas. The instability occurred in a gas whose adiabatic index was low. Amplitude perturbations grew as a power of time. Our observations are compared to theory.

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页码：2738 / 2741

页数：4

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