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In this groundbreaking work, Youngping Pao presents an original theory of nonlinear wave propagation in plasma. He explains how longitudinal waves, which are ubiquitous in plasma physics, can undergo nonlinear evolution and become solitons - self-reinforcing waves that maintain...

In this groundbreaking work, Youngping Pao presents an original theory of nonlinear wave propagation in plasma. He explains how longitudinal waves, which are ubiquitous in plasma physics, can undergo nonlinear evolution and become solitons - self-reinforcing waves that maintain...