LARGE RELATIVISTIC DENSITY PULSES IN ELECTRON-POSITRON-ION PLASMAS

被引:107
作者
BEREZHIANI, VI
MAHAJAN, SM
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS, INST FUS STUDIES, AUSTIN, TX 78712 USA
[2] GEORGIAN ACAD SCI, INST PHYS, TBILISI 380077, GEORGIA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 52卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.52.1968
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The nonlinear propagation of circularly polarized electromagnetic waves with relativistically strong amplitudes in an unmagnetized hot electron-positron plasma with a small fraction of ions is investigated. The possibility of finding localized solutions in such a plasma is explored. It is shown that these plasmas support the propagation of ''heavy bullets of light'': nondiffracting and nondispersive electromagnetic pulses with large density bunching.
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页码:1968 / 1979
页数:12
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