Interactions of nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a collisionless plasma
Citation
Demiray, H. (2007). Interactions of nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a collisionless plasma. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 206(2), 826-831. doi:10.1016/j.cam.2006.08.026Abstract
In the present work, based on a one-dimensional model, the interaction of two solitary waves propagating in opposite directions in a collisionless plasma is investigated by use of the extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo (PLK) method. It is shown that bi-directional solitary waves are propagated and the head-on collision of these two solitons occur. The phase shifts and the trajectories of these two solitons after the collision are obtained.