Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-11-215-2004
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14 Apr 2004
Electron acoustic solitons in the Earth's magnetotail
Abstract. Small amplitude electron - acoustic solitons are studied in a magnetized plasma consisting of two types of electrons, namely cold electron beam and background plasma electrons and two temperature ion plasma. The analysis predicts rarefactive solitons. The model may provide a possible explanation for the perpendicular polarization of the low-frequency component of the broadband electrostatic noise observed in the Earth's magnetotail.
