Suppression of the rayleigh-taylor instability of a low-density imploding liner by a longitudinal magnetic field

The possibility of suppressing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability in a low-density plasma, Π=ω _pi ² Δ²/c²?1 (where Δ is the thickness of the current-carrying slab), is investigated for the case in which the electron currents are much higher than the ion currents. The suppression of this instability in an imploding cylindrical liner by an axial external magnetic field \(B_{0z} \) is considered. It is shown that, for the instability to be suppressed, the external magnetic field \(B_{0z} \) should be stronger than the magnetic field B_0θ of the current flowing through the liner.