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Dynamics of the Plasma Bunch at the Initial and Following Stages of Motion in a Rarefied Gas

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Physical and comprehensive numerical studies of the generation of plasma bunches with a high specific energy have been carried out with the use of a plasma gun. The parameters of the plasma bunch upon exit from the plasma accelerator and during propagation in the ionosphere (h > 200 km) to considerable distances (≈100 km) have been calculated. A special numerical algorithm is presented to determine the results of the impact of a rarefied high-velocity gas flow (\({v}\) ∼ 5 × 107 cm/s) on the surface of crystalline and amorphous solid bodies.

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  1. Research and Test Center, Rocket and Space Industry,, 141320, Peresvet, Moscow oblast, Russia

    S. G. Bannov

  2. Troitsk Institute for Innovation and Thermonuclear Research (AO TRINITI),, 108840, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Zhitlukhin & V. E. Cherkovets

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology,, 141701, Dolgoprudny, Moscow oblast, Russia

    E. L. Stupitsky

  4. Institute of Computer Aided Design, Russian Academy of Sciences (ICAD RAS),, 123056, Moscow, Russia

    A. A. Motorin, E. L. Stupitsky & A. S. Kholodov

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Bannov, S.G., Zhitlukhin, A.M., Motorin, A.A. et al. Dynamics of the Plasma Bunch at the Initial and Following Stages of Motion in a Rarefied Gas. Geomagn. Aeron. 59, 318–341 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793219030034

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