Experiments on ion-acoustic solitary waves

1973/10/01 by H. Ikezi · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Nonlinear Photonic Systems

paper · doi:10.1063/1.1694194

Abstract

Ion-acoustic solitary wave (solitons) have been studied experimentally by employing a double-plasma device. The solitary waves are found to be produced from both a single compressional pulse and a continuous wave. A rarefaction pulse also produces solitons if the pulse width is sufficiently wide. A theory based on the Schrödinger equation accounts for the number of solitons. Recurrence to the original state is observed when a continuous wave is launched. A simple wave-wave coupling analysis for the recurrence of the original state is given.

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