On the transverse instability of solitary waves in the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 226, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 187-192

  Alexander, J C ^a   Pego, R L ^a   Sachs, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

DOMINANT MODE; KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATION; LINEARIZED EQUATIONS; LONG WAVELENGTH; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SOLI-TARY WAVE SOLUTIONS; TRANSVERSE INSTABILITY; UNSTABLE MODES;

SOLITONS;

EID: 0040050894     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(96)00921-8     Document Type: Article

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