Author:
Spangler Steven R.,Sheerin James P.
Abstract
The properties of Alfvén solitons are examined (solitons propagating parallel to the magnetic field in a magnetized plasma) in the case when the plasma possesses a finite pressure. Starting from a two-fluid system of equations, the reductive perturbation method is used to derive a derivative nonlinear Schr ödinger equation, which is solved by a pseudo-potential method. An envelope soliton is found which possesses a width –amplitude relationship. The same functional form for the envelope of the magnetic energy density is obtained regardless of the value of the plasma &bgr;.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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114 articles.
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