RTI-X

An Inertial confinement fusion target and the growth of the Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities.

Hsing, Warren W.; Hoffman, Nelson M. (1997). Measurement of Feedthrough and Instability Growth in Radiation-Driven Cylindrical Implosions. Physical Review Letters, 78(20), 3876–3879. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.3876

Our main goal in this project is to do basic research on inertial confinement and magnetic fusion hydrodynamics using our hydrocode capabilities and to increase the technology readiness level as possible on the computer design level (technology readiness level 4).