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Negative ion sound solitary waves revisited

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2013

R. A. CAIRNS
R. A. CAIRNS*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK (rac@st-andrews.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Some years ago, a group including the present author and Padma Shukla showed that a suitable non-thermal electron distribution allows the formation of ion sound solitary waves with either positive or negative density perturbations, whereas with Maxwellian electrons only a positive density perturbation is possible. The present paper discusses the qualitative features of this distribution allowing the negative waves and shared with suitable two-temperature distributions.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 79 , Special Issue 6: Special issue in memory of Professor Padma Kant Shukla 1950-2013 , December 2013 , pp. 1035 - 1037
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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