Study of nonlinear ion- and electron-acoustic waves in multi-component space plasmas

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 903-913

  Lakhina, G S ^a   Singh, S V ^a   Kakad, A P ^a   Verheest, F ^b,c   Bharuthram, R ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM   (India)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ELECTRON; PLASMA; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 57349119053     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-15-903-2008     Document Type: Article

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