Open Access{open_quotes}Heavy light bullets{close_quotes} in electron-positron plasma
Author(s) -
V. I. Berezhiani,
S. M. Mahajan
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/35335
Subject(s) - physics , plasma , positron , electron , atomic physics , electromagnetic radiation , amplitude , ion , computational physics , nuclear physics , optics , quantum mechanics
The nonlinear propagation of circularly polarized electromagnetic waves with relativistically strong amplitudes in an unmagnetized hot electron-positron plasma with a small fraction of ions is investigated. The possibility of finding localized solutions in such a plasma is explored. It is shown that these plasmas support the propagation of {open_quotes}heavy light bullets{close_quotes}; nondiffracting and nondispersive electromagnetic (EM) pulses with large density bunching