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Drifting Electron Effects on Strongly Non‐Linear Ion‐Acoustic Solitons
Author(s) -
Leven R.,
Steinmann W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
beiträge aus der plasmaphysik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0005-8025
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.19800200303
Subject(s) - mach number , electron , physics , soliton , amplitude , ion , range (aeronautics) , atomic physics , acoustic wave , computational physics , quantum electrodynamics , quantum mechanics , nonlinear system , mechanics , materials science , composite material
The influence of drifting electrons on the properties of ion acoustic solitons is discussed. The range of Mach numbers within which solitary waves are possible and the dependence of soliton velocity on amplitude are given. It is shown that solitary waves exist for Mach numbers M < 1 in the presence of drifting electrons.