Published May 1977 | Version v1
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Nonlinear cylindrical ion-acoustic waves in a warm collisional plasma

Creators

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, 4630 Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany

Description

The propagation of a nonlinear cylindrical ion-acoustic wave in a collisional plasma is shown to be governed by the modified Korteweg--de Vries--Burgers equation. The stationary shock solution valid at early times is presented

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.861963;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
The Physics of Fluids
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
5
Series
Phys. Fluids.
Journal Page Range
868-869
ISSN
0031-9171

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
8326532
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COLLISIONAL PLASMA; CYLINDRICAL CONFIGURATION; ION ACOUSTIC WAVES; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SHOCK WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; ION WAVES; PLASMA; PLASMA WAVES

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