Electrostatic solitary waves in the presence of excess superthermal electrons: Modulational instability and envelope soliton modes

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sultana, S ^a   Kourakis, I ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIGHT SOLITONS; COLD ELECTRONS; COLLISIONLESS; DINGER EQUATION; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON PLASMAS; ELECTROSTATIC SOLITARY WAVES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; MULTISCALES; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SUPERTHERMAL ELECTRONS;

COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS; ELECTROSTATICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLITONS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79952913219     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/53/4/045003     Document Type: Article

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