Title :
Solitary surface waves in a plasma slab
Author :
Gradov, Oleg M. ; Stenflo, Lennart ; Yu, Ming Y.
Author_Institution :
N.S. Kurnakov Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
fDate :
10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Nonlinear surface wave propagation in a plasma slab is investigated using a model in which the perpendicular fluid velocity vanishes at the interface. It is shown that the nonlinear surface waves can propagate as solitons
Keywords :
plasma boundary layers; plasma waves; solitons; fluid velocity; nonlinear surface wave propagation; plasma slab; solitary surface waves; solitons; Electrostatics; Plasma applications; Plasma chemistry; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma materials processing; Plasma sources; Plasma waves; Plasma welding; Slabs; Surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on