TY - JOUR
T1 - Combustion phenomena in modern physics
T2 - I. Inertial confinement fusion
AU - Bychkov, V.
AU - Modestov, M.
AU - Law, Chung King
N1 - Funding Information:
The support of VB and MM by the Swedish Research Council (VR) and of CKL largely by the startup fund of the Center for Combustion energy at Tsinghua University are gratefully acknowledged.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - The overarching objective of the present endeavor is to demonstrate the universal character of combustion phenomena for various areas of modern physics, focusing on inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in this review. We present the key features of laser deflagration, and consider the similarities and differences between the laser plasma flow and the slow combustion front. We discuss the linear stage of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in laser ablation, short-wavelength stabilization of the instability due to the mass flow, and demonstrate the importance of the concepts and methods of combustion science for an understanding of the corresponding ICF processes. We show the possibility of the Darrieus-Landau instability in the laser ablation flow and discuss the specific features of the instability at the linear and nonlinear stages as compared to the combustion counterpart of this phenomenon. We consider the nonlinear stage of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the ICF and generation of ultra-high magnetic field by the instability, and show that proper understanding of vorticity production in the laser plasma and, hence, of the magnetic field generation requires concepts from combustion science.
AB - The overarching objective of the present endeavor is to demonstrate the universal character of combustion phenomena for various areas of modern physics, focusing on inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in this review. We present the key features of laser deflagration, and consider the similarities and differences between the laser plasma flow and the slow combustion front. We discuss the linear stage of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in laser ablation, short-wavelength stabilization of the instability due to the mass flow, and demonstrate the importance of the concepts and methods of combustion science for an understanding of the corresponding ICF processes. We show the possibility of the Darrieus-Landau instability in the laser ablation flow and discuss the specific features of the instability at the linear and nonlinear stages as compared to the combustion counterpart of this phenomenon. We consider the nonlinear stage of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in the ICF and generation of ultra-high magnetic field by the instability, and show that proper understanding of vorticity production in the laser plasma and, hence, of the magnetic field generation requires concepts from combustion science.
KW - Combustion
KW - Darrieus-Landau instability
KW - Deflagration
KW - Inertial confinement fusion
KW - Rayleigh-Taylor instability
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pecs.2014.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pecs.2014.10.001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84921265917
SN - 0360-1285
VL - 47
SP - 32
EP - 59
JO - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
JF - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science
ER -