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Using the pseudopotential method, theoretical investigation has been made on the firstorder Korteweg-deVries ion-acoustic solitons in a multicomponent plasma consisting of warm positive ions, negative ions and isothermal electrons. The effects of electron-inertia and drift motion of the ions on the amplitudes and widths of the solitons have been studied in a plasma having (H+, Cl−), (H+, O−), (He+, H−) and (He+, O−) ions. Ion-acoustic double-layers have also been investigated for such plasmas. It has been found that drift velocity and electron-inertia have significant contribution on the formation of double-layers in multicomponent plasma
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Paul, S.N., Chattopadhyaya, S., Bhattacharya, S.K. et al. On the study of ion-acoustic solitary waves and double-layers in a drift multicomponent plasma with electron-inertia. Pramana - J Phys 60, 1217–1233 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02704288
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