Soliton interaction in a complex plasma.
The interaction of two counterpropagating solitons of equal amplitudes has been studied experimentally and numerically in a monolayer strongly coupled complex plasma. Complex plasmas are microparticle suspensions in ion-electron plasmas. It was found that the solitons are delayed after the collision. Solitons with higher amplitude experience longer delays. The amplitude of the overlapping solitons during the collision was less than the sum of the initial soliton amplitudes.
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GJ, United Kingdom.
Durniak
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Samsonov
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