Head-on collision and overtaking collision between an envelope solitary wave and a KdV solitary wave in a dusty plasma.
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SUBMITTER: Zhang H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751471 | biostudies-other | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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