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Electrostatic nonlinear waves in a dusty plasma with positive dust grains and two electron species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2005

R. BHARUTHRAM
Affiliation:
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa (bharuthramr@ukzn.ac.za)
M. DJEBLI
Affiliation:
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa (bharuthramr@ukzn.ac.za) Permanent address: Theoretical Physics Lab., Faculty of Physics, USTHB, Algiers, Algeria.
S. R. PILLAY
Affiliation:
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa (bharuthramr@ukzn.ac.za)

Abstract

The existence of arbitrary amplitude nonlinear electrostatic waves is investigated for a plasma with positively charged dust in the presence of two-temperature electron species. It is shown that such a plasma supports both soliton and double layer structures.

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Papers
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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