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Envelope solitons at a plasma–vacuum interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

P. K. SHUKLA  and
L. STENFLO
P. K. SHUKLA
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics and Astronomie, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden School of Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa
L. STENFLO
Affiliation:
Faculty of Physics and Astronomie, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany Department of Physics, Umeå University, SE-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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It is shown that a nonlinear surface plasma wave at a plasma–vacuum interface can propagate in the form of a dark/grey envelope soliton. The latter is associated with a subsonic density cavity, which traps the complex surface wave electric field.

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Letter to the Editor
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 151 - 154
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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