Abstract
It is argued that dispersive Alfvén solitary waves of the nonoscillatory type do not exist in one dimension. Previous calculations that claim existence have neglected the nonlinear ion polarization drift in the low-frequency limit. If the nonlinear ion polarization term is retained or if no low-frequency assumption is made, solitary wave solutions are not found.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4778-4780 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Physics of Plasmas |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 1999 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1999 APS Centennial Meeting - Atlanta, GA, United States Duration: Mar 20 1999 → Mar 26 1999 |