Table 2 The predicted characteristics of solitary waves for Run I, based on observations at WB1 and WB2/WB3, are listed.

From: Electrostatic solitary wave modeling in lunar wake plasma

Mode

Run I

WB1

WB2/WB3

Polarity

V

[km/s]

\(\phi \)

[V]

W

[m]

E

[mV/m]

V

[km/s]

\(\phi \)

[V]

W

[m]

E

[mV/m]

IA mode

+ ve

48.8–50.4

3.36–6.01

1840–920

7.3–19.4

43.2–44.6

2.71–4.75

848–424

2.8–34

– ve

47.3–49.6

1.12–2.03

690–460

5–7.3

41.8–43.7

1.05–1.58

318–238

8.5–12.8

Fast EA mode

– ve

1170–1274

0.31–0.40

253–23

3–4.8

1081–1127

0.24–0.32

116–10.6

5.1–8.4

Slow EA mode

– ve

676–514

0.06–0.28

925–230

0.2–5.4

598–455

0.05–0.36

424–106

0.35–8.6

  1. Note that for WB1, the ion acoustic speed \(C_A=52\) km/s, \(T_e= 28\) eV and \(\lambda _{De}=115\) m based on our normalization. Similarly, for WB2/WB3, \(C_A=46\) km/s, \(T_e= 22.64\) eV Hz and \(\lambda _{De}=53\) m. Here, V is the speed, \(\phi \) is the peak amplitude, W is the width and E is the electric field of the soliton.
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