@article{483829,
  abstract     = {{Properties of ion- and electron-acoustic solitons are investigated in an unmagnetized multi-component plasma system consisting of cold and hot electrons and hot ions using the Sagdeev pseudo-potential technique.  The analysis is based on fluid equations and the Poisson equation.  Solitary wave solutions are found when the Mach numbers exceed some critical values.  The critical Mach numbers for the ion-acoustic solitons are found to be smaller than those for electron-acoustic solitons for a given set of plasma parameters.  The critical Mach numbers of ion-acoustic solitons increase with the increase of hot electron temperature and the decrease of cold electron density.  On the other hand, the critical Mach numbers of electron-acoustic solitons increase with the increase of the cold electron density as well as the hot electron temperature.  The ion-acoustic solitons have positive potentials for the parameters considered.  However, the electron-acoustic solitons have positive or negative potentials depending whether the fractional cold electron density with respect to the ion density is greater or less than a certain critical value.  Further, the amplitudes of both the ion- and electron-acoustic solitons increase with the increase of the hot electron temperature.  Possible application of this model to electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) observed on the auroral field lines by Viking spacecraft is discussed.}},
  author       = {{Lakhina, Gurbax and Kakad, Amar and Singh, Satyavir and Verheest, Frank}},
  issn         = {{1089-7674}},
  journal      = {{Physics of Plasmas}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{6}},
  title        = {{Ion- and electron-acoustic solitons in two-electron temperature space plasmas}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1063/1.2930469}},
  volume       = {{15}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}

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