KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI SOLITONS IN INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMAS WITH FINITE-TEMPERATURE DRIFTING IONS

Authors
MALIK HK SINGH S DAHIYA RP
Citation
Hk. Malik et al., KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI SOLITONS IN INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMAS WITH FINITE-TEMPERATURE DRIFTING IONS, Physics letters. A, 195(5-6), 1994, pp. 369-372
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
195
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
369 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1994)195:5-6<369:KSIIPW>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Two-dimensional ion acoustic solitons travelling in a spatially inhomo geneous plasma with finite temperature drifting ions are studied. The modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (mKP) equation governing the soliton p ropagation is obtained, and is solved for a constant density gradient. The amplitude and the energy of the soliton increase and the soliton width decreases as it travels into the decreasing plasma density.