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Electron‐Acoustic Solitary Waves in a Two‐Electron Temperature Plasma
Author(s) -
Guha S.,
Asthana M.,
Dwivedi C. B.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.2150310103
Subject(s) - electron , plasma , ion , ion acoustic wave , acoustic wave , electron temperature , physics , atomic physics , computational physics , materials science , optics , quantum mechanics
Using fluid model the propagation of the solitary wave has been analytically investigated in a plasma of two‐temperature electrons and ions. It is found that under suitable conditions ion‐acoustic solitons of compressive nature and electron‐acoustic solitons of rare‐factive nature can exist.