{
  "abstract": "Magnetic fields generated by the nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor growth of laser-seeded three-dimensional broadband perturbations were measured in laser-accelerated planar targets using ultrafast proton radiography. The experimental data show self-similar behavior in the growing cellular magnetic field structures. These observations are consistent with a bubble competition and merger model that predicts the time evolution of the number and size of the bubbles, linking the cellular magnetic field structures with the Rayleigh-Taylor bubble and spike growth.",
  "abstract_shown": true,
  "affiliations": [
    "Department of Physics , Imperial College , London SW7 2AZ United Kingdom",
    "Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA",
    "Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA",
    "Fusion Science Center for Extreme States of Matter, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA",
    "Laboratory for Laser Energetics , University of Rochester , Rochester , NY , 14623 , USA",
    "Department of Mechanical Engineering , University of Rochester , Rochester , NY , 14623 , USA",
    "Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA",
    "Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom",
    "Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14623, USA",
    "Department of Physics and Astronomy , University of Rochester , Rochester , NY , 14623 , USA"
  ],
  "article_type": null,
  "arxiv": null,
  "author_total": 13,
  "authors": [
    {
      "affs": [
        0,
        1,
        2
      ],
      "name": "Lan Gao",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-4119-2825"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        0,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "name": "Philip M. Nilson",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-0502-4883"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        4,
        2
      ],
      "name": "Igor V. Igumenshchev",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-5495-8503"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        4,
        2
      ],
      "name": "G. Fiksel",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-9486-0885"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        5,
        1,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "name": "Rui Yan",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-2479-1260"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        0,
        1,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "name": "J. R. Davies",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-8233-8272"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        4,
        6
      ],
      "name": "David A. Martinez",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-8680-2503"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        6
      ],
      "name": "Vladimir A. Smalyuk",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-2683-6936"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        5,
        7
      ],
      "name": "M. G. Haines"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        0,
        8,
        2
      ],
      "name": "Eric G. Blackman",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-9405-8435"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        0,
        2
      ],
      "name": "D. H. Froula",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-6981-3956"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        4,
        1,
        8,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "name": "R. Betti",
      "orcid": "0000-0001-8742-0304"
    },
    {
      "affs": [
        5,
        9,
        1,
        8,
        3,
        2
      ],
      "name": "David D. Meyerhofer",
      "orcid": "0000-0002-0904-1250"
    }
  ],
  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9g89mgp5c8d1c.bib",
  "cited_by": 39,
  "doi": "10.1103/physrevlett.110.185003",
  "fulltext_url": null,
  "id": "9g89mgp5c8d1c",
  "issns": [
    "2331-8422"
  ],
  "landing_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07356",
  "language": "en",
  "licence": "CC-BY",
  "licence_label": "CC BY",
  "licence_source": "journal",
  "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "metadata_licence": null,
  "native_subjects": [
    [
      "openalex",
      "3106|Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics"
    ]
  ],
  "openalex": "W2331726023",
  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2607.07356",
  "pmcid": null,
  "pmid": null,
  "published": "2026-07-08",
  "publisher": "Cornell University",
  "ris": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9g89mgp5c8d1c.ris",
  "sources": [
    {
      "first_seen": "2026-10-30T12:17:18Z",
      "native_id": "W2331726023",
      "source": "openalex",
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07356"
    }
  ],
  "subjects": [
    {
      "field": "physics",
      "origin": "openalex:3106|Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics",
      "subfield": "high-energy"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Observation of Self-Similarity in the Magnetic Fields Generated by the Ablative Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor Instability",
  "title_text": "Observation of Self-Similarity in the Magnetic Fields Generated by the Ablative Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor Instability",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-31T13:20:40Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/9g89mgp5c8d1c",
  "venue": "arXiv (Cornell University)",
  "versions": []
}