Ion acoustic solitons and double layers in electron-positron-ion plasmas with dust particulates

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 121-127

  Ghosh, Samiran ^a   Bharuthram, R ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Electron positron ion dust multi component plasma; Ion acoustic double layers; Ion acoustic solitary waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893697588     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-008-9748-0     Document Type: Article

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