EFFECTS OF ION AND ELECTRON DRIFTS ON LARGE-AMPLITUDE SOLITARY WAVES IN A RELATIVISTIC PLASMA

Authors
ROYCHOUDHURY R VENKATESAN SK DAS C
Citation
R. Roychoudhury et al., EFFECTS OF ION AND ELECTRON DRIFTS ON LARGE-AMPLITUDE SOLITARY WAVES IN A RELATIVISTIC PLASMA, Physics of plasmas, 4(12), 1997, pp. 4232-4235
Citations number
17
Journal title
Physics of plasmas → ACNP
ISSN journal
1070664X
Volume
4
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4232 - 4235
Database
ISI
SICI code
1070-664X(1997)4:12<4232:EOIAED>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The effect of ion and electron drifts on the existence of arbitrary am plitude solitary waves is studied using Sagdeev's pseudopotential meth od. It is found that if the electron drift velocity u(0) is finite, so litary waves may exist for relatively large values of upsilon(0)/c, wh ere upsilon(0) is the ion drift velocity and c is the velocity of ligh t. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.