Experiments on ion-acoustic solitary waves
- 1 October 1973
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 16 (10), 1668-1675
- https://doi.org/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.Keywords
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