Lump interactions and collapse in the modified Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 385-403

  Sipcic, R ^a   Benney, D J ^b  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; MAGNETOPLASMA;

CRITICAL ANGLES; GENERALISATION; KORTEWEG-DEVRIES EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MAGNETIZED PLASMAS; RADIALLY SYMMETRIC; SMALL AMPLITUDE; SYMMETRIC POSITIVE SOLUTIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ZAKHAROV-KUZNETSOV EQUATION;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0038497346     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9590.00157     Document Type: Article

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