Observations of Ion-Acoustic Cylindrical Solitons

Noah Hershkowitz and Thomas Romesser
Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 581 – Published 18 March 1974
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Abstract

Cylindrical solitons are seen to evolve from compressive cylindrical pulses in a collisionless plasma. The properties of these solitons are found to be consistent with the known properties of one- and three-dimensional solitons.

  • Received 24 January 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.32.581

©1974 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Noah Hershkowitz and Thomas Romesser*

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242

  • *Work supported in part by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NGL-16-001-043.

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Vol. 32, Iss. 11 — 18 March 1974

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