Numerical Modeling of the Dynamics of a Slow Z-Pinch

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.