The characteristics of ion acoustic solitons in non-Maxwellian plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Chuang, S H ^a   Hau, L N ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ATOMS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONS; PLASMA WAVES; PLASMAS;

FLUID IONS; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; IMPROVED MODELS; ION-ACOUSTIC SOLITONS; KAPPA DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTIONS; MAXWELLIAN PLASMAS; NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS; PARTICLE DISTRIBUTIONS; SOLITARY STRUCTURES; SPACE PLASMAS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 61449176910     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3072767     Document Type: Article

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