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The self-modulation of weakly relativistic plasma waves in equal mass (electron-positron) plasmas has been investigated by employing the Krylov-Bogoliubov-Mitropolsky perturbation technique. It is found that one-dimensional electron plasma waves are modulationally stable and that they can propagate in the form of dark envelope solitons.
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Salahuddin, M., Saleem, H., Shukla, P.K. et al. Self-modulation of plasma waves in equal mass plasmas. Astrophys Space Sci 234, 253–257 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00627670
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