• DocumentCode
    1223465
  • Title

    Radiation Characteristics of Ion Acoustic Solitons Launched from an Antenna

  • Author

    Khazei, Mehyar ; Nelson, Brian ; Chan, Chung ; Lonngren, Karl

  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    101
  • Lastpage
    103
  • Abstract
    The radiation of ion acoustic solitons launched from a 10-cm × 10-cm metal plate into a large plasma (volume ~0.9 m3) is examined experimentally. It is found that the concept of "near-field" and "far-field" effects for linear waves is also relevant for these nonlinear waves.
  • Keywords
    Absorption; Acoustic propagation; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Cyclotrons; Dispersion; Electrons; Plasma properties; Plasma waves; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.1981.4317404
  • Filename
    4317404