MAGNETOHYDONAMIC CALCULATION OF A MAGNETIC PLASMA HEATING BY A SHOCK WAVE FOR A SUPERSONIC FLOW FROM A NOZZLE

A. M. Buiko, S. F. Garanin, E. V. Gubkov, V . M. Danov, O. Yu. Dementieva, V. V. Zmushko, T. B. Lezhepekova, V. I. Uatyshev, V. N. Mokhov, E. S. Pavlovsky, V. B. Yakubov
Vant. Ser. Metodiki i Programmy Chislennogo Resheniya Zadach Matematicheskoy Fiziki 1983. Вып.3. С. 30-32.

      A means is considered for heating a magnetic plasma with a sufficiently great Alfven sound speed by a shock wave when passing it through a nozzle. The results of 2-D MHD calculations show the possibility to obtain a hot plasma in that way for fusion studies.