Sudden Viscous Dissipation of Compressing Turbulence

Seth Davidovits; Nathaniel J. Fisch

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.105004

Sudden Viscous Dissipation of Compressing Turbulence

Seth Davidovits
, Nathaniel J. Fisch

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Compression of turbulent plasma can amplify the turbulent kinetic energy, if the compression is fast compared to the viscous dissipation time of the turbulent eddies. A sudden viscous dissipation mechanism is demonstrated, whereby this amplified turbulent kinetic energy is rapidly converted into thermal energy, suggesting a new paradigm for fast ignition inertial fusion.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	105004
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	116
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.105004
State	Published - Mar 11 2016

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