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Solitons in plasma with a hall dispersion

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A system of equations of perfect magnetohydrodynamics is considered with allowance for Hall currents. The study of one-dimensional steady solutions which are damped at infinity can be reduced to the investigation of a Hamiltonian dynamic system with right-hand sides that are not single valued. A qualitative investigation of the system is carried out, with the determination of the region of existence of the given solutions. The solutions have the form of solitary waves — solitons. An exact solution in quadratures is obtained, which describes the structure of the solitons. The existence of two solitons of the Alfvén type is indicated. The existence domain of the corresponding solutions is analyzed. In the limiting cases of magnetosonic and Alfvén solitons, the solutions are expressed in explicit form in elementary functions.

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 161–168, September–October, 1985.

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Osin, A.I. Solitons in plasma with a hall dispersion. Fluid Dyn 20, 804–810 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01050097

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