Interaction of Small Phase Density Holes
Interaction of Small Phase Density Holes
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小相密度孔的相互作用
DOI:
10.1238/physica.regular.060a00438
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发表时间:
1999
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Y. Omura
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文献类型:
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作者:
V. L. Krasovsky;H. Matsumoto;Y. Omura
An elementary event of interaction of two weak electrostatic solitary waves associated with a deficit of the electrons trapped in the self-consistent potential well is studied. A consistent perturbation theory descriptive of the interaction dynamics is developed which is based on the smallness of the trapped electron holes as compared with the length of their shielding by the plasma. It is shown that a violation of the adiabaticity of the particle motion and phase mixing process entail an irreversible deformation of the hole structure, effective heating of the holes and the corresponding losses in the mechanical energy of the system. As a result of the peculiar irreversibility, the "collisions" of the solitary waves take the character of inelastic impacts, explaining the general tendency to merging of the phase density holes.