Measurements of broadband electrostatic wave emIssons in conjunction with particle distributions in the earth's magnetosphere, have provided motivation for a number of studies of waves in plasmas with two electron components. One such wave-the electron-acoustic wave-arises when the two electron components have widely disparate temperatures (Watanabe & Taniuti 1977), and has a characteristic frequency that lies between the ion and electron plasma frequencies. Because of this broadband nature and because it is predominantly electrostatic, it provides a likely candidate for the explanation of the electrostatic component of "cusp auroral hiss" observed in the dayside polar cusp at between 2 and 4 earth radii as well as the broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) observed in the dayside polar regions and in the geomagnetic tail. The electron-acoustic wave and its properties provide the subjects for much of the investigation undertaken in this thesis. The thesis is divided into two parts. Part I is concerned with certain aspects of the linear theory of the electron-acoustic wave and is based on a kinetic description of the plasma. The dispersion relation for plane electrostatic waves obtained via linearisation of the Vlasov-Poisson system is studied in detail using analytical and numerical/geometrical techniques, and conditions under which the electron-acoustic wave arises are expounded. This work represents an extension of earlier works on Langmuir waves (Dell, Gledhill & Hellberg 1987) and the electron-acoustic wave (Gary & Tokar 1985). The effects of electron drifts and magnetization are investigated. These result, respectively, in a destabilization of the electron-acoustic wave and a modification of the dispersive properties. In this plasma configuration the model more closely replicates the conditions to be found in the terrestrial polar regions. We extend the parameter regimes considered in earlier works (Tokar &Gary 1984) and in addition, identify another electron sound branch related to the electron-cyclotron wave/instability. Effects of ion-beam destabilization of the electron-acoustic wave are also investigated briefly with a view to explaining BEN in the geomagnetic tail and also to provide a comparison with the electron-driven instability. In part II the nonlinear electron-acoustic wave is studied by employing a warm hydrodynamic model of the plasma components. We first consider weak nonlinearity and employ the asymptotic reductive perturbation technique of Washimi &Taniuti (1966) to render the hydrodynamical equations in the form of simpler evolutionary equations describing weakly-nonlinear electron-acoustic waves. These equations admit solitary-wave or soliton solutions which are studied in detail. Wherever possible we have justified our small amplitude results with full numerical integration of the original hydrodynamical equations. In so doing we extended the range of validity of our results to arbitrary wave amplitudes and also find some interesting features not directly predicted by the small amplitude wave equations. In this respect we were able to determine the important role played by the cool- to-hot electron temperature ratio for soliton existence. This important effect is in accordance with linear theory where the electron temperature ratio is found to be critical for electron-acoustic wave existence. The effects of magnetization on electron-acoustic soliton propagation is examined. We found that the magnetized electron-acoustic solitons are governed by a Korteweg-de Vries-Zakharov-Kusnetsov equation. In addition, it is shown that in very strong magnetic fields ion magnetization can become important yielding significant changes in the soliton characteristics. Multi-dimensional electron-acoustic solitons, which have greater stability than their plane counterparts, are also briefly discussed. Employing a weakly-relativistic hydrodynamic model of the plasma, the effect of a cool, relativistic electron beam on such soliton parameters as width, amplitude and speed is studied in detail. Both small- and large amplitude solitons are considered. The arbitrary-amplitude theory of Baboolal et al. (1988) is generalised to include relativistic streaming as well as relativistic thermal effects. The importance of the cool electron (beam)to- hot electron temperature in conjunction with the beam speed is pointed out. Finally, we derive a modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation in an attempt to establish whether electron-acoustic double layers are admitted by our fluid model. Although double layers formally appear as stationary solutions to the mKdV equation, the parameter values required are prohibitive. This is borne out by the full fluid theory where no double layer solutions are found. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1991.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 87-91.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-98).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009. / A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Computing and Mathematics, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Includes bibliographies.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-159).

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Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Matemática, 2015. / Submitted by Patrícia Nunes da Silva (patricia@bce.unb.br) on 2016-01-26T14:54:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_BeneditoLeandroNeto_Parcial.pdf: 248614 bytes, checksum: aa0e94e4558b4314ccdb73a1bce22eaf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marília Freitas(marilia@bce.unb.br) on 2016-01-26T14:55:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_BeneditoLeandroNeto_Parcial.pdf: 248614 bytes, checksum: aa0e94e4558b4314ccdb73a1bce22eaf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-26T14:55:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_BeneditoLeandroNeto_Parcial.pdf: 248614 bytes, checksum: aa0e94e4558b4314ccdb73a1bce22eaf (MD5) / Provamos que (anti)self dual solitons gradientes (quasi) Yamabe com curvatura seccional positiva são rotacionais simétricos. Além disso, mostramos que, (anti)self dual solitons gradientes de Yamabe tem uma estrutura de produto torcido muito particular desde que a função potencial não tenha pontos críticos. Consideramos solitons gradientes de Yamabe conformes a espaços pseudo-Euclidianos n-dimensionais. Caracterizamos todos os solitons que são invariantes pela ação de um grupo de translação (n-1)-dimensional e obtemos os solitons tipo estável. Como aplicação, obtemos um exemplo de soliton gradiente de Yamabe estável completo, conforme a um espaço Lorentziano. Investigamos também os pontos críticos do funcional curvatura escalar total restrito a um espaço de métricas com curvatura escalar constante e volume unitátio que denotamos por métricas CPE. Foi conjecturado nos anos 1980 que toda métrica CPE é, necessariamente, Einstein. Provamos que métricas CPE, no caso de dimensão quatro, com tensor W+ harmônico são isométricas à esfera S4 dada uma condição integral. No caso n-dimensional, provamos uma condição necessária e suficiente sobre a norma do gradiente da função potencial para que a métrica CPE seja Einstein. / We prove that an (anti)self dual quasi Yamabe gradient soliton with positive sectional curvature is rotationally symmetric. We also prove that four dimensional (anti) self dual gradient Yamabe soliton has a special warped product structure provided that the potential function has no critical points. We consider gradient Yamabe solitons, conformal to an n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space. We characterize all such solitons which are invariant under the action of an (n-1)-dimensional translation group and we obtain the steady solitons. Applications provide an explicit example of a complete steady gradient Yamabe soliton, conformal to the Lorentzian space. We also investigate the critical points of the total scalar curvature functional restricted to space of metrics with constant scalar curvature of unitary volume, for simplicity CPE metrics. It was conjectured in the 1980's that every CPE metric must be Einstein. We prove that a 4-dimensional CPE metric with harmonic tensor W+ must be isometric to a round sphere S4 provided an integral condition is satisfied. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition on the norm of the gradient of the potential function for a CPE metric to be Einstein.