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Nonlinear cylindrical or spherical converging ion-acoustic pulses
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2009
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.
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