Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation of the expansion of a plasma into a rarefied medium

The expansion of a dense plasma through a more rarefied ionized medium has been studied by means of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The initial conditions involve a density jump by a ...

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