Modulational Instability of Relativistic Ion-Acoustic Waves in a Plasma With Trapped Electrons

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 80-85

  Nejoh, Yasunori ^a  

^a HACHINOHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE--MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRONS; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; RELATIVITY;

MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 0026840790     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: 19399375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.134028     Document Type: Article

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