Propagation of solitary waves in relativistic plasmas
Abstract
By applying a reductive pertubation technique to the basic system of equations governing the plasma dynamics, a modified Korteweg-deVries (K-dV) equation has been derived in relativistic plasma that includes cold ions and warm nonisothermal electrons. By reducing the effect of nonisothermally, the authors demonstrate the modification of the K-dV equation into different forms which show how to link the behavior of ion-acoustic waves in nonisothermal plasmas with that in isothermal plasmas.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Pub Date:
- February 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1109/27.3785
- Bibcode:
- 1988ITPS...16...22D
- Keywords:
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- Korteweg-Devries Equation;
- Plasma Dynamics;
- Relativistic Plasmas;
- Solitary Waves;
- Wave Propagation;
- Ion Acoustic Waves;
- Nonisothermal Processes;
- Plasma Physics