Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-p9bg8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-26T04:05:36.684Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Alfvén soliton in a low-beta plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

P. K. Shukla ,
H. U. Rahman  and
R. P. Sharma
P. K. Shukla
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universit¨t Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany
H. U. Rahman
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universit¨t Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany
R. P. Sharma
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik, Ruhr-Universit¨t Bochum, 4630 Bochum 1, Federal Republic of Germany
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

An exact nonlinear Alfvén wave in a low-β plasma is investigated. Super Alfvén solitons with a density depression are found to exist. The analytical result for the small-amplitude soliton is given.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , August 1982 , pp. 125 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

Davidson, R. C. 1972 Methods in Nonlinear Plasma Theory, ch. 2. Academic.Google Scholar
Hasegawa, A. & Mima, K. 1976 Phys. Rev. Lett. 37, 690.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ichimaru, S. 1973 Basic Principles of Plasma Physics: A Statistical Approach, p. 186. Benjamin.Google Scholar
Lashmore-Davies, C. N. & May, R. M. 1972 Phys. Fluids, 15, 1616.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lysak, R. L. & Carlson, C. W. 1981 Geophys. Res. Lett. 8, 269.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Petviashvili, V. I. & Pokhotelov, O. A. 1977 Soviet Phys. JETP, 46, 260.Google Scholar
Sheerin, J. P. & Ong, R. S. B. 1980 J. Plasma Phys. 24, 157.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stefant, R. A. 1970 Phys. Fluids, 13, 440.CrossRefGoogle Scholar