Solitary wave and shock dynamics in non-Maxwellian plasma environments

This doctoral dissertation has considered several models to study the nonlinear dynamics of ion-acoustic electrostatic solitary and shock waves in a variety of non-Maxwellian plasmas using a fluid equation approach. The properties of ion acoustic solitary waves in both magnetised and unmagnetised th...

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Main Author: Williams, Gina Mary
Published: Queen's University Belfast 2014
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.675441