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The possibility of forming solitons in zigzag carbon nanotubes is investigated using the coupled equations for the classical function of the electron distribution and the Maxwell equations for an electromagnetic field. It is demonstrated that the solitons are generated as a result of correlated changes in the classical distribution function and the electric field induced by nonequilibrium electrons of a carbon nanotube. The effective equation describing the dynamics of the electromagnetic field is derived. The existence of solitons is confirmed by the results of numerical calculations. The characteristics of solitons are investigated as a function of the diameter of zigzag carbon nanotubes.
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Original Russian Text © M.B. Belonenko, E.V. Demushkina, N.G. Lebedev, 2008, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2008, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 367–373.
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Belonenko, M.B., Demushkina, E.V. & Lebedev, N.G. Electromagnetic solitons in bundles of zigzag carbon nanotubes. Phys. Solid State 50, 383–389 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408020273
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