Coupled Nonlinear Electron-Plasma and Ion-Acoustic Waves
- 15 July 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (3) , 148-151
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.148
Abstract
We obtain solutions describing stationary one-dimensional propagation of a coupled nonlinear electron-plasma wave and a nonlinear ion-acoustic wave. These waves have amplitudes linearly proportional to one another, and propagate with approximately the ion-acoustic velocity in the form of periodic wave trains, including solitary waves as a special case.Keywords
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