On the robustness of the localized spatiotemporal structures in electron-positron-ion plasmas

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作者
Mahajan, SM [1 ]
Berezhiani, VI
Miklaszewski, R
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Inst Fus Studies, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Georgian Acad Sci, Inst Phys, Dept Plasma Phys, GE-380077 Tbilisi, Georgia
[3] Inst Plasma Phys & Laser Microfus, PL-00908 Warsaw, Poland
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10.1063/1.872994
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O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
it is shown that, in an electron-positron plasma with a small fraction of ions, large-amplitude localized spatiotemporal structures (light bullets) can be readily generated and sustained. These light bullets are found to be exceptionally robust: they can emerge from a large variety of initial field distributions and are remarkably stable. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S1070-664X(98)01609-7].
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