Title :
Propagation of solitary waves in relativistic plasmas
Author :
Das, G.C. ; Karmakar, B. ; Paul, S.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math., Manipur Univ., Canchipur, India
fDate :
2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
By applying a reductive perturbation technique to the basic system of equations governing the plasma dynamics, a modified Korteweg-de Vries (K-dV) equation has been derived in relativistic plasma that includes cold ions and warm nonisothermal electrons. By reducing the effect of nonisothermality, the authors demonstrate the modification of the K-dV equation into different forms which show how to link the behavior of ion-acoustic waves in nonisothermal plasmas with that in isothermal plasmas
Keywords :
plasma waves; wave equations; K-dV equation; Korteweg-de Vries equation; cold ions; ion-acoustic waves; isothermal plasmas; nonisothermal plasmas; plasma dynamics; reductive perturbation technique; relativistic plasmas; solitary wave propagation; warm nonisothermal electrons; Differential equations; Dispersion; Electrons; Mathematics; Nonlinear equations; Plasma density; Plasma temperature; Plasma waves; Relativistic effects; Solitons;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
