Observation of Scattering of Ion-Acoustic Cylindrical Solitons
- 5 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 42 (6), 379-383
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.42.379
Abstract
A large-amplitude ion-acoustic cylindrical soliton launched in an axisymetric cylindrical system collapses at the center of the cylinder. The highly nonlinear nature of the interaction is observed after the collapse, showing that many isolated pulses are emitted abruptly and propagate out without clear evolution of their wave forms.Keywords
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