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Stability of ion acoustic nonlinear waves and solitons in magnetized plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2016

Piotr Goldstein  and
Eryk Infeld
Piotr Goldstein*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics Division, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
Eryk Infeld
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics Division, National Centre for Nuclear Research, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
*
†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

Early results concerning the shape and stability of ion acoustic waves are generalized to propagation at an angle to the magnetic field lines. Each wave has a critical angle for stability. Known soliton results are recovered as special cases. A historical overview of the problem concludes the paper.

Keywords

magnetized plasmasplasma nonlinear phenomenaplasma waves
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 82 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , 905820603
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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