Necessary conditions for the generation of acoustic solitons in magnetospheric and space plasmas with hot ions

Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-20

  Verheest, F ^a,b   Hellberg, M A ^b   Lakhina, G S ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

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EID: 36048993077     PISSN: 18106528     EISSN: 18106536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/astra-3-15-2007     Document Type: Article

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