Inelastic Collision of Spherical Ion-Acoustic Solitons
- 25 June 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 42 (26) , 1747-1750
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.1747
Abstract
The collision of spherical ion-acoustic solitons having different centers of symmetry is studied. Unlike one-dimensional collisions, the solitons are significantly changed by the collision. A new two-dimensional nonlinear object is found to be created. Remnants of the solitons that survive are found to be shifted in phase and reduced in amplitude.Keywords
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