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Nonlinear cylindrical or spherical converging ion-acoustic pulses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

E. Okutsu
E. Okutsu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada S7N 0W0
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Abstract

The Korteweg–de Vries equation which describes cylindrical or spherical converging ion-acoustic waves is solved numerically. Soliton-like structures are shown to be generated not only from compressive but also from rarefactive and mixed initial pulses. The velocity of the soliton-like structures is dependent on the initial pulse shape.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 1 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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