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Physics | The simplest form of the Rayleigh-Taylor or Interchange Instability occurs when a high-density fluid is placed on top of a low density fluid in a gravitational field. Any fluctuation at the fluid interface allows gravity to pull the high density fluid downwards so that the low-density fluid ends up on top, and the two fluids interchange places. More generally, an interchange instability occurs when two types of fluid are situated with an external force such that the "heavy fluid" pushes against the "light fluid", and the potential energy is not a minimum. These instabilities are common in inertial confinement fusion plasmas. In plasmas with magnetic fields, both the plasma and the field have pressure and therefore the plasma may interchange position with the magnetic field. A prime example is the flute instability in mirror machines. (See MHD, instability, flute, mirror.). (references) |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 54 45 52 43 48 41 4E 47 45 49 4E 53 54 41 42 49 4C 49 54 59 4F 52 52 41 59 4C 45 49 47 48 2D 54 41 59 4C 4F 52 49 4E 53 54 41 42 49 4C 49 54 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010010 01000011 01001000 01000001 01001110 01000111 01000101 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001 00100000 01001111 01010010 00100000 01010010 01000001 01011001 01001100 01000101 01001001 01000111 01001000 00101101 01010100 01000001 01011001 01001100 01001111 01010010 00100000 01001001 01001110 01010011 01010100 01000001 01000010 01001001 01001100 01001001 01010100 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N T E R C H A N G E   I N S T A B I L I T Y   O R   R A Y L E I G H - T A Y L O R   I N S T A B I L I T Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0054 0045 0052 0043 0048 0041 004E 0047 0045 0049 004E 0053 0054 0041 0042 0049 004C 0049 0054 0059 004F 0052 0052 0041 0059 004C 0045 0049 0047 0048 002D 0054 0041 0059 004C 004F 0052 0049 004E 0053 0054 0041 0042 0049 004C 0049 0054 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43485439523742354841392434853543536434643545924952252355946394341421554355946495224348535435364346435459 |
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