Ion Hole Equilibrium and Dynamics in One Dimension

Electrostatic solitary waves with negative potential (ion holes) are analyzed theoretically using a generalization of the treatment recently developed for slow electron holes. It is shown that an often-cited criterion for their existence is mistaken and they can in fact exist for a wide range of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hutchinson, IH
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/150444