Simulating electrical sublimation of aluminium foil When i apply high voltage (through a capacitor bank) across an aluminium foil, it gets converted into plasma. I want to simulate this process and study the properties of the plasma produced henceforth. I would then like to change my experimental parameter and see if my simulation predicts the correct output. 
How do i proceed to do so?
I am an absolute beginner in plasma physics.
 A: That's a lofty goal for someone with no knowledge of plasma physics.  I suggest you contact a group that has already been working on this and offer their code for free use:

Our most recent, popular and well kept up codes are on bounded plasma,
  plasma device codes XPDP1, XPDC1, XPDS1, and XPDP2. The P, C, and S
  mean planar, cylindrical, or spherical bounding electrodes; the 1
  means 1d 3v and the 2 means 2d 3v. These are electrostatic, may have
  an applied magnetic field, use many particles (like hundreds to
  millions), particle-in-cell (PIC), and allow for collisions between
  the charged particles (electrons and ions, + or -) and the background
  neutrals (PCC-MCC). The electrodes are connected by an external series
  R, L, C, source circuit, solved by Kirchhoff's laws simultaneously
  with the internal plasma solution (Poisson's equation), The source may
  be V(t) or I(t), may include a ramp-up (in time). XPDP2 is planar in
  x, periodic in y or fully bounded in (x,y), driven by one or two
  sources.
  http://ptsg.egr.msu.edu/

And see a list of their publications for more details.
