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The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) arises at the interface between two fluids of different densities, notably when a heavier fluid lies above a lighter one in an effective gravitational field. In astrophysical systems with high…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-05 Qiqi Jiang , Guang-Xing Li , Chandra B. Singh

We address the linear stability of a discontinuous surface of a relativistic flow in the context of a jet that oscillates radially as it propagates. The restoring force of the oscillation is expected to drive a Rayleigh-Taylor instability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-09-20 Jin Matsumoto , Miguel A. Aloy , Manel Perucho

Instabilities, where small fluctuations seed the formation of large-scale structures, govern dynamics in a variety of fluid systems. The Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI), present from tabletop to astronomical scales, is an iconic example…

We study the modification of the classical criterion for the linear onset and growth rate of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) in a partially ionized (PI) plasma in the one-fluid description, considering a generalized induction…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 A. J. Diaz , E. Khomenko , M. Collados

This letter investigates the effect of shear on Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI). Even simple uniform shear strongly influences the instability; longer waves are completely stabilized when density stratification is large (higher Atwood…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-10-24 Raunak Raj , Anirban Guha

We develop a weakly nonlinear, multi-mode theory for the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) on a time-varying spherical interface, fully incorporating mode couplings and the Bell-Plesset (BP) effects arising from interface convergence. Our…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Xilai Li , Yilin Wu , Zhengnuo Chen , Mengqi Yang , Jie Zhang

Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) occurs at the interface of two media when the heavier fluid is accelerated into the lighter fluid and is a prototypical hydrodynamic event present in many physical events. In high energy physics, this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-03 Prasannabalaji Sundaram , Aditi Sengupta , Tapan K. Sengupta

The linear growth rate of the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) at ionization fronts is investigated via perturbation analysis in the limit of incompressible fluids. In agreement with previous numerical studies is found that absorption of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Massimo Ricotti

Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) has critical importance for a broad range of processes in nature and technology, from supernovae to plasma fusion. In most instances RTI is driven by variable acceleration whereas the bulk of existing…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-01-16 Aklant K. Bhowmick , Desmond L. Hill , Snezhana I. Abarzhi

We investigate the linear instability of flows that are stable according to Rayleigh's criterion for rotating fluids. Using Taylor-Couette flow as a primary test case, we develop large Reynolds number matched asymptotic expansion theories.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-12 Kengo Deguchi , Ming Dong

The linear stability theory of Taylor-Couette flows (unbounded in_z_) is described including magnetic fields, Hall effect or a density stratification in order to prepare laboratory experiments to probe the stability of differential rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guenther Ruediger

Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities (RTI) play an important role in the evolution of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) processes, while analytical prediction of the RTI growth rate often fails to reach an agreement with the experimental and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-08-21 Y. Guo , D. Wu , J. Zhang

The effect of rotation on the classical gravity-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability has been shown to influence the scale of the perturbations that develop at the unstable interface and consequently alter the speed of propagation of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-08-29 M. M. Scase , R. J. A. Hill

Rayleigh-Taylor-instability(RTI) induced flow and mixing are of great importance in both nature and engineering scenarios. To capture the underpinning physics, tracers are introduced to make a supplement to discrete Boltzmann simulation of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-03-24 Ge Zhang , Aiguo Xu , Dejia Zhang , Yingjun Li , Huilin Lai , Xiaomian Hu

Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) occurs in a range of industrial and natural processes. Whereas the vast majority of existing studies have considered constant acceleration, RTI is in most instances driven by variable acceleration. Here we…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-11-01 Desmond L. Hill , Aklant K. Bhowmick , Snezhana I. Abarzhi

We study Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) at the coronal-prominence boundary by means of 2.5D numerical simulations in a single-fluid MHD approach including a generalized Ohm's law. The initial configuration includes a homogeneous magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 E. Khomenko , A. Diaz , A. de Vicente , M. Collados , M. Luna

Rayleigh-Taylor instability occurs when a heavier fluid overlies a lighter fluid, and the two seek to exchange positions under the effect of gravity. We present linearized theory for arbitrary 3D initial disturbances that grow in time, and…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-09-18 S. J. Walters , L. K. Forbes

Two-dimensional single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) is simulated using an accurate and robust front-tracking/ghost-fluid method (FT/GFM) with high-order weighted essentially non-oscillatory (WENO) scheme. We compare our numerical…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-01-01 James Burton , Tulin Kaman

The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability (RTI) under multi-mode perturbation in compressible flow is probed via the Discrete Boltzmann Modeling (DBM) with tracers. The distribution of tracers provides clear boundaries between light and heavy fluids…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-10-28 Hanwei Li , Aiguo Xu , Ge Zhang , Yiming Shan

We study the Rayleigh-Taylor instability (RTI) of electrostatic plane wave perturbations in compressible relativistic magnetoplasma fluids with thermal ions under gravity in three different cases of when (i) electrons are in isothermal…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 R. Dey , A. P. Misra
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