SIMULATION OF IONIZATION FRONT PROPAGATION IN DENSE-PLASMA BY MARKOV AUTOMATA

Front propagation in partially ionized dense plasma is described by re action-diffusion equations. We introduce the new method of Markoff aut omata for the stochastic simulation of reaction and diffusion in dense plasma which is capable to perform simulations fast and accurate. The method is applied to the investigation of ionization fronts of differ ent shape. A comparison with analytic results for profile and velocity of plane fronts confirms the stochastic simulation data. Furthermore, we present data for an expanding ionization spot.