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A study is made of the method for numerical modeling of pulsed plasma systems by simultaneously solving two-temperature MHD equations and the equations of ionization kinetics. As an example, the method is applied to simulate a relatively slow moderate-density Z-pinch, whose dynamics is well studied experimentally. A specially devised two-dimensional computer code makes use of a promising technique of parallel modeling.
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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 28, No. 4, 2002, pp. 319–328.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Kingsep, Karpov, Lobanov, Maron, Starobinets, Fisher.
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Kingsep, A.S., Karpov, V.E., Lobanov, A.I. et al. Numerical modeling of the dynamics of a slow Z-pinch. Plasma Phys. Rep. 28, 286–295 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1469169
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