AbstractSatellite observations have revealed solitary potential structures in the Earth’s magnetotail region. These structures have both positive (compressive) and negative (rarefactive) electrostatic potentials. In this paper we study the electron-acoustic solitary waves (EASWs) in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of cold plasma electrons and isothermal ions with two different temperatures. Using the reductive perturbation method, the nonlinear evolution of such structures is studied. The numerical computations are performed to study the role of two temperature ions in the generation of EASWs. In this case, the model supports the existence of both positive and negative electrostatic potentials with bipolar pulses. The electric field associated with these positive and negative solitary structures are numerically computed. The present study could be useful to construe the compressive and rarefactive electric field bipolar pulses associated with the BEN type emissions in the magnetospheric regions where the electron beams are not present.


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    Title :

    Electron acoustic solitary waves in the Earth’s magnetotail region


    Contributors:
    Kakad, A.P. (author) / Singh, S.V. (author) / Reddy, R.V. (author) / Lakhina, G.S. (author) / Tagare, S.G. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 43 , 12 ; 1945-1949


    Publication date :

    2009-03-06


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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