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Paper   IPM / P / 6673
School of Physics
  Title:   Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in Presence of Density Transition Layer
  Author(s): 
1.  A. Tavakoli
2.  D.D. Tskhakaya
3.  N.L. Tsintsadze
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Phys. Lett. A
  No.:  52
  Vol.:  256
  Year:  1999
  Pages:   212-216
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
New type of symmetry for the Rayleigh equation is found. For small Atwood number an analytic solution is obtained for a smoothly varying density profile. The spectrum of unstable modes are defined. It is shown that a transition layer with finite width can undergo stratification, and velocity shear between new-formed sublayers forms.

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