soliton

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• The soliton, as ultrastable wave train, is much like a quantum exhibiting a wave / particle duality.

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  1. noun A pulselike wave that can exist in nonlinear systems, does not obey the superposition principle, and does not disperse.

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  • • The soliton, as ultrastable wave train, is much like a quantum exhibiting a wave / particle duality. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • These could include applications in plasma confinement, atomic particle trapping, manipulating cold atomic ensembles, and generating soliton-like solutions in nonlinear media. —  Next Big Future
  • Intrinsic Localized Modes in Anharmonic Crystals breather dnls file-import-09-02-23 ihm polaron publication soliton superconduct CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Electric probes for plasmas: The link between theory and instrument acceleration adiabatic_invariant bgk climate coax collision crosssection damping dynamo electron electron_holes emhd flare fluctuations grid h3 instability landau langmuir laser lhdi lower-hybrid mrx neutrals nonlinear plasma probe reconnection resistivity review secondary soliton space ssx theory transport turbulence vtf wave CiteULike organises scholarly (or academic) papers or literature and provides bibliographic (which means it makes bibliographies) for universities and higher education establishments. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • The first observation of a soliton was documented in 1834: a large moving heap of water formed by a boat on a canal in Scotland. —  innovations-report
 

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