Suppression of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability in the presence of a magnetic field
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- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 15 (8) , L53-L56
Abstract
We present numerical evidence from two dimensional simulations that the growth of the Richtmyer–Meshkov instability is suppressed in the presence of a magnetic field. A bifurcation occurs during the refraction of the incident shock on the density interface which transports baroclinically generated vorticity away from the interface to a pair of slow or intermediate magnetosonic shocks. Consequently, the density interface is devoid of vorticity and its growth and associated mixing is completely suppressed.Keywords
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