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Nonlinear electrostatic waves: oblique propagation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

R. W. Jackson
R. W. Jackson
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Abstract

The fluid equations for electrostatic wave forms propagating at small angles to a constant magnetic field are investigated. Both ion cyclotron and charge separation effects are included. Numerical results are given for initial conditions which are consistent with soliton formation. These results show a hybrid nonlinear wave form containing oscillations which are identified as short-wavelength fast ion-acoustic waves and long-wavelength slow ion-acoustic waves. An approximate analytic analysis is performed using the Bogoliubov–Krylov–Mitropolskii perturbation method.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , December 1981 , pp. 399 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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