Excitation of spherical ion acoustic solitons with a conducting probe
- 1 August 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 22 (8) , 1554-1557
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.862775
Abstract
Spherically expanding ion acoustic solitons which satisfied the predicted properties are launched from small hemispherical probes. Both an anodized (insulated) probe and a conducting probe mounted in series with a capacitor are used. A comparison of the solitons shows that the launching techniques are experimentally equivalent.Keywords
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