On the nonexistence of large amplitude stationary solitary waves in symmetric unmagnetized pair plasmas

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-574

  Verheest, Frank ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 24144446429     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-12-569-2005     Document Type: Article

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