Obliquely propagating large amplitude solitary waves in charge neutral plasmas

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Verheest, F ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; FLUID DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; PLASMA; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33846684165     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-14-49-2007     Document Type: Article

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