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Results are presented of a numerical experiment on the propagation of broad axially symmetric wave beams in a weakly nonlinear medium. Cases of cubical nonlinearity and nonlinearity with saturation are examined.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 20–22, November–December, 1969.
The authors wish to thank V. I. Karpman for valuable discussions and his interest in this study.
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Sobolev, V.V., Synakh, V.S. Numerical experiment on self-focusing of electromagnetic waves in a nonlinear medium. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 10, 858–860 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00907918
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