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Large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with a relativistic electron beam

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

Yasunori Nejoh
Yasunori Nejoh
Affiliation:
Hachinohe Institute of Technology, 88-1, Myo-Obiraki, Hachinohe, 031, Japan
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Abstract

Nonlinear wave structures of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with a relativistic electron beam are studied using the pseudopotential method. The region of existence of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves is examined, and it is shown that the condition for their existence depends sensitively on parameters such as the relativistic effect of the electron beam, the ion temperature, the electrostatic potential and the electron beam density. It turns out that the region of existence spreads as the relativistic effect (Mach number) increases and the ion temperature decreases. New properties of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with a relativistic electron beam are predicted.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 56 , Issue 1 , August 1996 , pp. 67 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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