Solitons, oscillitons, and stationary waves in a cold p - α plasma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A7, 2003, Pages

  Dubinin, E ^a   Sauer, K ^a,b   McKenzie, J F ^a,b   Chanteur, G ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Multi ion plasma; Nonlinear waves; Solar wind; Solitons

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243129906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009571     Document Type: Article

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