Non-linear electrostatic waves in Born-Infeld plasmas
Plasma Physics
2011-07-28 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Accelerator Physics
Abstract
Motivated by the suggestion that Born-Infeld plasmas could have significance for electron acceleration in neutron star crusts, we obtain an upper bound on the amplitude of electrostatic waves propagating parallel to a longitudinal magnetic field in a Born-Infeld plasma.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1011.5613,
title = {Non-linear electrostatic waves in Born-Infeld plasmas},
author = {D. A. Burton and H. Wen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.5613},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
6 pages, 1 figure. Developed from a talk given at the 19th International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics, Sep 6-9 2010, Porto, Portugal