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<b>Suppression of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability in the Presence of a Magnetic Field</b>
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<b>Author:</b> Ravi Samtaney
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<b>Date of PPPL Report:</b> March 2003
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<b>Date of revised PPPL Report:</b> May 2003
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<b>Submitted to:</b> Physics of Fluids</p>


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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.




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