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Propagation of cylindrical and spherical electron-acoustic solitary waves in unmagnetized plasmas consisting of cold electron fluid, hot electrons obeying a superthermal distribution and stationary ions are investigated. The standard reductive perturbation method is employed to derive the cylindrical/spherical Korteweg-de-Vries equation which governs the dynamics of electron-acoustic solitons. The effects of nonplanar geometry and superthermal hot electrons on the behavior of cylindrical and spherical electron acoustic soliton and its structure are also studied using numerical simulations.
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Javidan, K., Pakzad, H.R. Cylindrical and spherical electron acoustic solitary waves in the presence of superthermal hot electrons. Astrophys Space Sci 337, 623–628 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-011-0877-5
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