Characteristics of some nonlinear coherent wave structures in a collisionless weakly relativistic plasma with nonthermal electrons

Chaos, Solitons and Fractals

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1638-1645

  Kaur, Harvinder ^a   Gill, Tarsem Singh ^b   Saini, Nareshpal Singh ^c  

^a KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA SHEATHS; SOLITONS;

EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE; ION ACOUSTIC SOLITONS; NONTHERMAL ELECTRONS; PLASMA SHEET BOUNDARY LAYER; RAREFACTIVE SOLITONS; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS; RELATIVISTIC PLASMAS; SPACE OBSERVATIONS;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS;

EID: 67650456196     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2009.03.065     Document Type: Article

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