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Some properties of solitary BGK waves in a collisionless plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

H. A. Shah  and
V. A. Turikov
H. A. Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, Queen Mary College, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
V. A. Turikov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics, Mathematical Sciences, Patrice Lumumba University, Moscow, USSR
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Abstract

Following the method developed by Bernstein, Greene & Kruskal we obtain expressions for the distribution function of the trapped particles for a collisionless plasma, for cases when the plasma is unbounded and bounded (in a cylindrical waveguide). Figures are drawn showing the relationship between the width and amplitude of the solitary BGK wave for various cases. Analytic expressions depicting this relationship are also derived.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , June 1984 , pp. 437 - 446
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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