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Oblique collision of plane ion acoustic solitons in a multicomponent plasma with negative ions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1999

H. BAILUNG  and
Y. NAKAMURA
H. BAILUNG
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan Permanent address: Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Khanapara, Guwahati 781022, Assam, India.
Y. NAKAMURA
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan
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Abstract

The resonant interaction of compressive and rarefactive ion acoustic solitons is studied experimentally in a multicomponent plasma containing additional negative-ion species. With increasing concentration of negative ions, the resonance amplitude increases for compressive ion acoustic solitons when the angle of collision is fixed. When the negative-ion concentration is larger than a critical value, the rarefactive ion acoustic solitons undergo resonant interaction for a lower resonance amplitude. Theoretical predictions of the Korteweg–de Vries equation agree with experimental findings.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 151 - 159
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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