Dissipative longitudinal solitons in a two-dimensional strongly coupled complex (dusty) plasma |
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Authors: | Samsonov D Ivlev A V Quinn R A Morfill G Zhdanov S |
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Institution: | Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85740 Garching, Germany. |
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Abstract: | Solitary waves are experimentally studied in a monolayer hexagonal dust lattice which is formed from monodisperse plastic microspheres and levitated in the sheath of an rf discharge. It is found that the product of the soliton amplitude and the square of the soliton width is constant as the soliton propagates. The analytical theory describing the experiment is based on the equations of motion written for a linear chain. It takes into account damping, dispersion, and nonlinearity. The numerical simulation of a linear chain produces double solitons like those observed in the experiment. |
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