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The paper presents a scheme implemented by the finite difference method for solving a system of nonlinear partial differential equations describing a three-dimensional axially symmetric plasma wakefield. The results of wakefield dynamics calculation until breaking are also presented.
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Original Russian Text © A. A. Konik and, E.V. Chizhonkov, 2016, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta, Matematika. Mekhanika, 2016, Vol. 71, No. 1, pp. 44-48.
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Konik, A.A., Chizhonkov, E.V. A difference scheme for plasma wakefield simulation. Moscow Univ. Math. Bull. 71, 27–30 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027132216010058
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027132216010058