Propagation of ion-acoustic waves in a multi-component plasma
- 1 December 1975
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Plasma Physics
- Vol. 17 (12), 1025-1032
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0032-1028/17/12/002
Abstract
The authors derive the Korteweg-de Vries equation in a multicomponent plasma that includes any number of positive and negative ions. The solitary wave solutions are also found explicitly for the case of isothermal and non-isothermal electrons.Keywords
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