Propagation of ion-acoustic waves in a multi-component plasma

Das, GC and Tagare, SG (1975) Propagation of ion-acoustic waves in a multi-component plasma. In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 17 (12). 1025 -1032.

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Abstract

The authors derive the Korteweg-de Vries equation in a multicomponent plasma that includes any number of positive and negative ions. The solitary wave solutions are also found explicitly for the case of isothermal and non-isothermal electrons.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Publisher:	Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Institute of Physics.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	27 Jan 2010 05:24
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23792

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