Anomalous width variation of rarefactive ion acoustic solitary waves in the context of auroral plasmas

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 219-228

  Ghosh, S S ^a   Lakhina, G S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURORA; PLASMA; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 2442646267     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-11-219-2004     Document Type: Article

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