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The density cavitons generated by interactions of plasma with a moving body in its wake region in space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2002

SHANJUN MA
Affiliation:
Purple Mountain Observatory, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China Department of Physics, Jiang Xi Normal University, Nanchang 330027, P. R. China
XIAOQING LI
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210008, P. R. China

Abstract

Numerical calculations are performed based on a set of equations that describe the non-steady, nonlinear interactions between a moving body in space and plasma. The results show that density cavitons and potential solitons are formed owing to modulational instability if the envelope of the high-frequency modulational field is sufficiently intense.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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