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Arbitrary amplitude double layers in a multi-species electron-positron plasma

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The existence and properties of arbitrary amplitude double layers in a four-component electron-positron plasma, consisting of two species of hot electrons, a hot and a cold positron species, are investigated as functions of plasma properties such as density and temperature ratios. Their behaviour for other plasma models is also discussed. Applications to the polar-cusp region of pulsars is considered.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Durban-Westville, Durban, South Africa

    R. Bharuthram

  2. Plasma Physics Research Institute, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

    R. Bharuthram

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Bharuthram, R. Arbitrary amplitude double layers in a multi-species electron-positron plasma. Astrophys Space Sci 189, 213–222 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00643126

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