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Numerical modeling of a pinch in a vacuum diode with laser ignition

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The present paper is concerned with the mathematical model and methods of numerical analysis of processes in plasma created in a vacuum chamber by means of a discharge initiated on a cathode by a pulsed laser. The model is capable of describing in a two-dimensional approximation the formation of a plume’ of laser plasma and the magneto-hydrodynamic effects (pinching, etc.) due to the current in the plasma. The results of the first numerical experiments with this model are presented.

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  1. Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 125047, Russia

    I. P. Tsygvintsev, A. Yu. Krukovskiy, V. A. Gasilov & V. G. Novikov

  2. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117924, Russia

    I. V. Romanov & A. A. Rupasov

  3. Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia

    V. L. Paperny

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Original Russian Text © I.P. Tsygvintsev, A.Yu. Krukovskiy, V.A. Gasilov, V.G. Novikov, I.V. Romanov, V.L. Paperny, A.A. Rupasov, 2016, published in Matematicheskoe Modelirovanie, 2016, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 146–160.

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Tsygvintsev, I.P., Krukovskiy, A.Y., Gasilov, V.A. et al. Numerical modeling of a pinch in a vacuum diode with laser ignition. Math Models Comput Simul 8, 595–605 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070048216050136

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