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The problem of a rarefied plasma jet emerging from a stationary plasma engine is considered. The consideration is carried out entirely at the kinetic level; namely, the motion of all plasma components is described in terms of distribution functions. The system of kinetic equations should be solved together with Maxwell’s equations. Methods for solving the resulting problem are discussed.
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Dedicated to Professor E.M. Shakhov on the occasion of his 90th birthday
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Abgaryan, M.V., Bishaev, A.M. & Rykov, V.A. On the Simulation of a Rarefied Plasma Jet on the Basis of Kinetic Equations. Comput. Math. and Math. Phys. 63, 2267–2274 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0965542523120023
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