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Title: Solitary waves in an ultrarelativistic degenerate dense plasma

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3491433· OSTI ID:21421318
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  1. RUB International Chair, International Centre for Advanced Studies in Physical Sciences, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, Bochum D-44780 (Germany)

Solitary waves in an ultrarelativistic degenerate dense plasma have been investigated by the reductive perturbation method. The modified Korteweg-de Vries equation has been derived and its numerical solutions have been analyzed to identify the basic features of spherical electrostatic solitary structures that may form in such a degenerate dense plasma. The implications of our results in compact astrophysical objects, particularly in white dwarfs, have been briefly discussed.

OSTI ID:
21421318
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 17, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3491433; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English