Non-linear electrostatic waves in Born-Infeld plasmas

Burton, David A and Wen, Haibao (2011) Non-linear electrostatic waves in Born-Infeld plasmas. In: AIP Conference Proceedings : XIX International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics. American Institute of Physics, pp. 87-92. ISBN 978-0-7354-0918-7

Abstract

Motivated by the suggestion that Born-Infeld plasmas could have significance for electron acceleration in neutron star crusts, we obtain an upper bound on the amplitude of electrostatic waves propagating parallel to a longitudinal magnetic field in a Born-Infeld plasma.