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Computational Simulation of Plasmas

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This paper reviews the use of computational simulation in plasma physics. It describes a range of numerical models varying from particle models of low density collisionless plasmas to fluid models of high density collision-dominated plasmas. Some applications of these models, particularly to laser-produced and astrophysical plasmas, are described.

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Bell, A. Computational Simulation of Plasmas. Astrophysics and Space Science 256, 13–35 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001112314064

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