List of Publications in Refereed Journals

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Publications listed in inverse chronological order of publication and/or submission

2017/A02.

New insight in the dispersion characteristics of electrostatic waves in ultra-dense plasmas: electron degeneracy and relativistic effects

I. Kourakis, M. McKerr, I.S. Elkamash and F. Haas,

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 59 (10), 1050132017 (2017); DOI: /10.1088/1361-6587/aa7e58.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Reprint (pdf) here (600 KB).
2017/A01.

On the characteristics of obliquely propagating electrostatic structures in non- Maxwellian plasmas in the presence of ion pressure anisotropy

M. Adnan, A. Qamar, S. Mahmood and I. Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 24, 032114 (2017); DOI: 10.1063/1.4978613.

Online at the publisher's www site (AIP, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (600 KB).
2016/A05.

Comment on Weakly dissipative dust-ion acoustic wave modulation [J. Plasma Phys. 82, 905820104 (2016)]

I. Kourakis and I.S. Elkamash,

Journal of Plasma Physics , 82 (5), 905820508 (2016); DOI: 10.1017/S0022377816000891.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (200 KB).
2016/A04.

Multi-species plasma expansion into vacuum: the role of secondary ions and suprathermal electrons

I. S. Elkamash and I. Kourakis,

Physical Review E , 94, 053202 (2016); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.94.053202.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1.4 MB).
2016/A03.

Ion-Acoustic Envelope Modes in a Degenerate Relativistic Electron-Ion Plasma

Michael Mc Kerr, Fernando Haas, Ioannis Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas , 23, 052120 (2016); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4952774.

Online at the publisher's www site (AIP, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (400 KB).
2016/A02.

Localized structures in complex plasmas in the presence of a magnetic field

P. Dongmo Tsopgue, A. Mohamadou, I. Kourakis, Timoleon C. Kofane and J.P. Tanga,

Astrophys. Space Sci., 361, 130 (2016); DOI: 10.1007/s10509-016-2712-5.

Online at the publisher's www site (Springer).
Reprint (pdf) here (1MB).
2016/A01.

Weakly nonlinear ion acoustic excitations in a relativistic model for dense quantum plasma

E. E. Behery, F. Haas and I. Kourakis,

Physical Review E, 93, 023206 (2016); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.023206.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (700 KB).
2015/A06.

Electron-scale dissipative electrostatic solitons in multi-species plasmas

S. Sultana and I. Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 22, 102302/1-7 (2015); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4932071.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1 MB).
2015/A05.

Laser-driven generation of electron-positron beams: a review

G. Sarri, M. E. Dieckmann, I. Kourakis, A. Di Piazza, B. Reville, C. H. Keitel, and M. Zepf,

Journal of Plasma Physics, 81 (4), 455810401/1-23 (2015); DOI: 10.1017/S002237781500046X.

Online at the publisher's www site (Cambridge University Press, UK).
Reprint (pdf) here (400KB).
2015/A04.

Relativistic breather-like solitary waves with linear polarization in cold plasmas

G. S\'anchez-Arriaga, E. Siminos, V. Saxena and I. Kourakis,

Physical Review E, 91, 033102 (9 pp.) (2015); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.91.033102.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Also available online as: arXiv: 1410.1741.
Author preprint (pdf) here (1.3 MB).
2015/A03.

Electrostatic solitary waves in relativistic degenerate electron-positron-ion plasma

Ata-ur-Rahman, Ioannis Kourakis and Anisa Qamar,

IEEE Transactions in Plasma Science, 43 (4), 974-984 (11 pp.) (2015); DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2015.2404298.

Online at the publisher's www site (IEEE, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1 MB).
2015/A02.

Amplitude modulation of quantum-ion-acoustic wavepackets in electron-positron-ion plasmas: modulational instability, envelope modes, extreme waves

Ata-ur-Rahman, Michael Mc Kerr, Wael El-Taibany, Ioannis Kourakis and Anisa Qamar,

Physics of Plasmas, 22, 022305 (2015); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4907247.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1.2 MB).
2015/A01.

Nonlinear hydrodynamic Langmuir waves in fully degenerate relativistic plasma

F. Haas and I. Kourakis,

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 57, 044006 (2015); 10.1088/0741-3335/57/4/044006.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Reprint (pdf) here (400KB).
2014/A08.

Modelling relativistic solitary wave interactions in over-dense plasmas: a perturbed nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation framework

E. Siminos, G. S\'anchez-Arriaga, V. Saxena and I. Kourakis,

Physical Review E, 90 (6), 063104 (2014); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.063104.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Also available online as: arXiv: 1410.0662.
Author preprint (pdf) here (2 MB).
2014/A07.

Relativistic theory for localized electrostatic excitations in degenerate electron-ion plasmas

Michael Mc Kerr, Fernando Haas, Ioannis Kourakis,

Physical Review E, 90, 033112 (2014); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.033112.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1 MB).
2014/A06.

A Schamel equation for ion acoustic waves in superthermal plasmas

G. Williams, F. Verheest, M.A. Hellberg, G. Anowar and I. Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 21, 092103 (2014); doi: 10.1063/1.4894115.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1 MB).
2014/A05.

Pressure anisotropy effects on nonlinear electrostatic excitations in magnetized electron-positron-ion plasmas

M. Adnan, G. Williams, A. Qamar, I. Kourakis,

European Physical Journal D, 68, 247 (2014); DOI: DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50384-y.

Online at the publisher's www site: here or here (Springer).
Reprint (pdf) here (400 KB).
2014/A04.

Vlasov-kinetic computer simulations of electrostatic waves in dusty plasmas: an overview of recent results

S. M. Hosseini Jenab and I. Kourakis,

European Physical Journal D, 68, 219 (2014); DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2014-50177-4.

Online at the publisher's www site: here or here (Springer).
Reprint (pdf) here (700 KB).
2014/A03.

Multicomponent kinetic simulation of BGK modes associated with ion acoustic and dust-ion acoustic excitations in electron-ion and dusty plasmas

S. M. Hosseini Jenab and I. Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 21, 043701 (2014).

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (2 MB).
2014/A02.

Dust-acoustic shocks in strongly coupled dusty plasmas

S. E. Cousens, S. Sultana, I. Kourakis, V. V. Yaroshenko, F. Verheest and M. A. Hellberg,

Physical Review E, 89, 043103 (2014).

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1 MB).
2014/A01.

Freak waves and electrostatic wavepacket modulation in a quantum electron-positron-ion plasma

M. McKerr, I. Kourakis and F. Haas,

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 56, 035007 (17pp) (2014); DOI:10.1088/0741-3335/56/3/035007.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Reprint (pdf) here (10MB).
2013/A13.

On the existence and stability of electrostatic structures in non-Maxwellian electron-positron-ion plasmas

G. Williams and I. Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 20, 122311 (2013); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4849415.

Online at the publisher's www site (AIP, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (3MB).
2013/A12.

Semiclassical relativistic fluid theory for electrostatic envelope modes in dense electron-positron-ion plasmas: modulational instability and rogue waves

Ioannis Kourakis, Michael McKerr and Ata Ur-Rahman,

Journal of Plasma Physics, 79 (6), 1089–1094 (2013); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022377813001323 .

Online at the publisher's www site (Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013).
Reprint (pdf) here (2MB).
2013/A11.

Dust-acoustic supersolitons in a three-species dusty plasma with kappa distributions

M.A. Hellberg, T.K. Baluku, F. Verheest and I. Kourakis,

Journal of Plasma Physics, 79 (6), 1039–1043 (2013); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022377813001153.

Online at the publisher's www site (Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013).
Reprint (pdf) here (300 KB).
2013/A10.

Ion-acoustic supersolitons in plasmas with two-temperature electrons: Boltzmann and kappa distributions

Frank Verheest, Manfred A. Hellberg and Ioannis Kourakis,

Physics of Plasmas, 20, 082309/1-12 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4818888.

Online at the publisher's www site (AIP, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (2MB).
2013/A09.

Re-examining the Cairns-Tsallis model for ion acoustic solitons

G. Williams, I. Kourakis, F. Verheest, M. A. Hellberg,

Physical Review E, 88, 023103/1-6 (2013); DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.88.023103 .

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Reprint (pdf) here (1MB).
2013/A08.

Dynamics of dark hollow Gaussian laser pulses in relativistic plasma

A. Sharma, S. Misra, S.K. Mishra, I. Kourakis,

Physical Review E, 87, 063111 (2013); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.063111.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2013/A07.

Time-resolved characterization of the precursory stages of a supercritical collisionless shocks,

H. Ahmed, M.E. Dieckmann, L. Romagnani, Domenico Doria, Gianluca Sarri, M. Cerchez, E. Ianni, I. Kourakis, A. L. Giesecke, M. Notley, R. Prasad, K. Quinn, O. Willi, M. Borghesi

Physical Review Letters, 110, 205001 (2013); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.205001.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2013/A06.

Dust-ion-acoustic supersolitons in dusty plasmas with nonthermal electrons

F. Verheest, M.A. Hellberg and I. Kourakis

Physical Review E 87, 043107/1-10 (2013); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.043107.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2013/A05.

Parametric study of non-relativistic electrostatic shocks and the structure of their transition layer

M. E. Dieckmann, H. Ahmed, G. Sarri, D. Doria, I. Kourakis, L. Romagnani, M. Pohl and M. Borghesi

Physics of Plasmas 20, 042111/1-10 (2013); DOI: 10.1063/1.4801447.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Author reprint upon request.
2013/A04.

Nonlinear dynamics of multidimensional electrostatic excitations in nonthermal plasmas

G. Williams and I. Kourakis

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 55, 055005/1-13 (2013); DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/55/5/055005.

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).
Author reprint upon request.
2013/A03.

Electromagnetic Rogue Waves in Beam-Plasma Interactions

G.P. Veldes, J. Borhanian, M. McKerr, V. Saxena, D.J. Frantzeskakis and I. Kourakis

Journal of Optics 15 (Special issue on Optical Rogue Waves), 064003/1-10 (2013); doi:10.1088/2040-8978/15/6/064003.

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2013/A02.

Electrostatic supersolitons in three-species plasmas

Frank Verheest, Manfred A. Hellberg and Ioannis Kourakis

Phys. Plasmas 20, 012302/1-6 (2013); DOI: 10.1063/1.4775085.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
<Reprint upon request>.
2013/A01.

Interaction of spatially overlapping standing electromagnetic solitons in plasmas

V. Saxena, I. Kourakis, G. Sanchez-Arriaga, E. Siminos

Phys. Lett. A 377, 473 (2013); DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2012.12.010.

Online at the publisher's www site (Elsevier, Netherlands).
Reprint upon request.
2012/A11.

Nonlinear dust-acoustic solitary waves in strongly coupled plasmas

S. E. Cousens, S. Sultana, I. Kourakis, V. V. Yaroshenko, F. Verheest and M. A. Hellberg

Phys. Rev. E 86, 066404 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.066404.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A10.

Dynamics of self-generated, large amplitude magnetic fields following high-intensity laser matter interaction

G. Sarri, X. H. Yang, A. Macchi, L. Romagnani, S. Kar, C. A. Cecchetti, M. E. Dieckmann, J. Fuchs, M. Galimberti, L. A. Gizzi, R. Heatcote, R. Jung, I. Kourakis, J. Osterholz, F. Pegoraro, A. P. L. Robinson, A. Schiavi, O. Willi and M. Borghesi

Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 205002 (2012); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.205002.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A09.

Dynamical characteristics of solitary waves, shocks and envelope modes in kappa-distributed non-thermal plasmas: an overview

I. Kourakis, S. Sultana and M.A. Hellberg

Plasma Phys. Cont. Fusion, 54, 124001 (2012); DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124001.

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A08.

Superluminal Electromagnetic Solitary Waves in Electron-Positron Plasmas

V. Saxena and I. Kourakis

Europhysics Letters, 100, 15002 (2012); DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/100/15002.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP Publishing, UK).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A07.

Oblique propagation of arbitrary amplitude electron acoustic solitary waves in magnetized kappa-distributed plasmas

S. Sultana, I. Kourakis and M.A. Hellberg

Plasma Phys. Cont. Fusion 54, 105016 (2012); DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/54/10/105016.

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A06.

Particle simulation study of electron heating by counterstreaming ion beams ahead of supernova remnant shocks

M.E. Dieckmann, A. Bret, G. Sarri, E. Perez Alvaro, I. Kourakis and M Borghesi

Plasma Phys. Cont. Fusion 54, 085015/1-12 (2012); DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/54/8/085015.

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).
Author reprint (pdf) here.
2012/A05.

Nonlinear electrostatic excitations of charged dust in degenerate ultra-dense quantum dusty plasmas

U. M. Abdelsalam, S. Ali, and I. Kourakis

Phys. Plasmas 19, 062107/1-10 (2012); DOI: 10.1063/1.4729661.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Author preprint (pdf) here.
2012/A04.

Electron-scale electrostatic solitary waves and shocks: the role of superthermal electrons

S. Sultana and I. Kourakis

Eur. Phys. J. D 66(4), 100 (2012); DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2012-20743-y.

Online at the publisher's www site (EDP Sciences, Societa Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag 2012).
Author preprint (pdf) here
2012/A03.

PIC simulation of a thermal anisotropy-driven Weibel instability in a circular rarefaction wave

M.E. Dieckmann, G. Sarri, G.C. Murphy, A. Bret, L. Romagnani, I. Kourakis, M. Borghesi, A. Ynnerman, L.O.C. Drury

New Journal of Physics 14, 023007/1-19(2012); DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/2/023007.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK).
Author preprint (pdf here).
2012/A02.

Note on the single-shock solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation

Ioannis Kourakis, Sharmin Sultana and Frank Verheest

Astrophysics and Space Science, 338(2), 245 (2012); DOI: 10.1007/s10509-011-0958-5.

Online at the publisher's www site (Springer, NY USA).
Published article available upon request.
Available online as: arXiv:1112.1285v1 [physics.space-ph].
Author preprint (pdf) here (approx. 600 KB).
2012/A01.

Electrostatic shock dynamics in superthermal plasmas

S. Sultana, G. Sarri and I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 19, 012310/1-10 (2012); doi:10.1063/1.3677265.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Author preprint (pdf) here (approx. 860 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A07.

Two-dimensional Particle-In-Cell simulation of a plasma expansion into a rarefied medium

G. Sarri, G.C. Murphy, M.E. Dieckmann, A. Bret, K. Quinn, I. Kourakis, M. Borghesi, L.O.C. Drury, A. Ynnerman

New Journal of Physics 13, 073023/1-22 (2011).

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK).
Author preprint .pdf here (approx. 600 KB).
2011/A06.

Fully kinetic simulation of ion acoustic and dust-ion acoustic waves

S. M. Hosseini Jenab, I Kourakis and H. Abbasi

Physics of Plasmas, 18, 073703/1-6 (2011).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 1.25 MB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A05.

Observation of plasma density dependence of electromagnetic soliton excitation by an intense laser pulse

G. Sarri, S. Kar, L. Romagnani, S.V. Bulanov, C.A. Cecchetti, M. Galimberti, L. Gizzi, R. Heatcote, R. Jung, I. Kourakis, J. Osterholz, A. Schiavi, O. Willi and M. Borghesi

Physics of Plasmas Letters, 18 (8), 080704/1-4 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3625261.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A04.

Generation of a purely electrostatic collisionless shock during the expansion of a dense plasma through a rarefied medium

G. Sarri, M.E. Dieckmann, I. Kourakis and M. Borghesi

Physical Review Letters, 107, 025003 (2011)

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 800 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A03.

Electron-acoustic solitary waves in the presence of a superthermal electron component

A. Danehkar, N.S. Saini, M.A. Hellberg, and Ioannis Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 18, 072902/1-10 (2011).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 800 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A02.

Large acoustic solitons and double layers in plasmas with two positive ion species

F. Verheest, M.A. Hellberg, N.S. Saini, I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 18, 042309/1-9 (2011).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 1 MB) (copyright terms apply).
2011/A01.

Electrostatic solitary waves in the presence of excess superthermal electrons: modulational instability and envelope soliton modes

S Sultana and I Kourakis

Plasma Phys. Controlled Fusion, 53, 045003/1-19 (2011).

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 800 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A14.

Shock creation and particle acceleration driven by a plasma expansion into a rarefied medium

G. Sarri, M. E. Dieckmann, I. Kourakis, and M. Borghesi

Physics of Plasmas, 17, 082305/1-7 (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Follow the link "Article Objects (10)" in the above page to view and download the accompanying multimedia (video) files.
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 3 MB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A13.

Electromagnetic pulse compression and energy localization in quantum plasmas

G Hefferon, A Sharma and I Kourakis

Physics Letters A, 374, 4336-4342 (2009); doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2010.08.046 ;

Online at the publisher's www site (Elsevier, Holland).
Published article upon request (copyright terms apply).
2010/A12.

Spatial evolution of a q-Gaussian laser beam in relativistic plasma

A Sharma and I Kourakis

Lasers and Particle Beams, 28 (3), 479-489 (2010); doi: 10.1017/S0263034610000479.

Online at the publisher's www site (Cambridge University Press, CUP).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A11.

Spatiotemporal evolution of high-power relativistic laser pulses in electron-positron-ion plasmas

A Sharma, I Kourakis and PK Shukla

Physical Review E, 82, 016402/1-7 (2010); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.016402

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 400 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A10.

Existence and stability of multisite breathers in honeycomb and hexagonal lattices

V. Koukouloyannis, P.G. Kevrekidis, K.J.H. Law, I. Kourakis, and D.J. Frantzeskakis

J. Physics A: Math. Theor. 43, 235101 (16pp) (2010); doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/23/235101;

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Also visit the link "supplementary data" in the above page to view and download the accompanying video files.
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A09.

Dust ion acoustic solitons in a plasma with kappa-distributed electrons

T. K. Baluku, M. A. Hellberg, I. Kourakis, N. S. Saini

Physics of Plasmas, 17, 053702/1-11 (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 750 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A08.

Electron-beam plasma interaction and ion-acoustic solitary waves in plasmas with a superthermal electron component

N. S. Saini and I. Kourakis

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 52 (7), 075009 (19 pp) (2010); doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/52/7/075009.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A07.

Relativistic laser pulse compression in plasmas with a linear axial density gradient

Ashutosh Sharma and Ioannis Kourakis

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 52 (6), 065002 (14 pp) (2010); doi: 10.1088/0741-3335/52/6/065002.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A06.

Progress in proton radiography for diagnosis of ICF-relevant plasmas

M.Borghesi, G.Sarri, C.A. Cecchetti, I. Kourakis, D. Hoarty, R.M.Stevenson, S.James, C.D.Brown, P.Hobbs, J.Lockyear, J.Morton, O.Willi, R. Jung, M.Dieckmann

Lasers and Particle Beams, 28 (2), 277-284 (8 pp) (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (Cambridge University Press, CUP).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A05.

Simulation of a collisionless planar electrostatic shock in a proton-electron plasma with a strong initial thermal pressure change

M E Dieckmann, G Sarri, L Romagnani, I Kourakis and M Borghesi

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 52 (2), 025001 (14 pp) (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A04.

Oblique electrostatic excitations in a magnetized plasma in the presence of excess superthermal electrons

S. Sultana, I. Kourakis, N. S. Saini and M.A. Hellberg

Physics of Plasmas, 17, 032310/1-11 (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A03.

Nonlinear modulation of ion-acoustic waves in two-electron-temperature plasma

A Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I Kourakis and M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi

Journal of Plasma Physics, 76 (2), 169–181 (13pp) (2009); doi:10.1017/S0022377810000024;

Online at the publisher's www site (CUP Cambridge University Press, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A02.

Observation and characterization of laser-driven Phase Space Electron Holes

G. Sarri, M.E. Dieckmann, C.R.D. Brown, C.A. Cecchetti, D.J.Hoarty, S.F.James, R.Jung, I.Kourakis, H.Schamel, O.Willi and M.Borghesi

Physics of Plasmas, 17, 010701/1-4 (2010).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 500 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2010/A01.

Low frequency electrostatic defect mode in doped pair-ion plasmas

I. Kourakis and N. S. Saini

Journal of Plasma Physics, 76 (3-4), 607-616 (12pp) (2009); doi:10.1017/S0022377809990912;

Online at the publisher's www site (CUP Cambridge University Press, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A12.

Electromagnetic beam profile dynamics in collisional plasmas

Ashutosh Sharma, Jafar Borhanian and I. Kourakis

J. Physics A: Math. Theor. 42, 465501 (12pp) (2009); 10.1088/1751-8113/42/46/465501 ;

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP, UK).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A11.

Fundamental statistical features and self-similar properties of oil price

M. Momeni and I. Kourakis

Fractals, 18 (No 1) 101–110 (2010); DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X10004683.

Online at the publisher's www site (World Scientific, Singapore).
Author preprint .pdf here (approx. 300 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A10.

Comment on "Mathematical and physical aspects of Kappa velocity distribution", [Phys. Plasmas, 14, 110702 (2007)]

M. A. Hellberg, R.L. Mace, T.K. Baluku, I. Kourakis and N. S. Saini

Physics of Plasmas, 16, 094701/1-5 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
Published article: .pdf here (approx. 130 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A09.

Electromagnetic envelope solitons in magnetized plasma

Jafar Borhanian, I. Kourakis and S. Sobhanian

Physics Letters A, 373, 3667-3677 (2009); doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2009.08.010 ;

Online at the publisher's www site (Elsevier, Holland).

Published article upon request (copyright terms apply).
2009/A08.

Laser pulse compression and amplification via Raman backscattering in plasma

Ashutosh Sharma and Ioannis Kourakis

Laser and Particle Beams, 27 (4), 579-585 (2009).

Online/abstract at the publisher's www site (Cambridge Journals).

Published article: .pdf here (approx. 250 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A07.

Discrete Breathers in Hexagonal Dusty Plasma Lattices

V. Koukouloyannis and I. Kourakis

Physical Review E, 80, 026402/1-10 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (APS, USA).

Online preprint at: arXiv:0903.1939 (arXiv, LANL, USA).

Published article: .pdf here (approx. 600 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A06.

One-dimensional particle simulation of the filamentation instability: electrostatic field driven by the magnetic pressure gradient force

M E Dieckmann, I Kourakis, M Borghesi and G Rowlands

Physics of Plasmas, 16, 074502/1-4 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article: .pdf here (approx. 130 KB) (copyright terms apply).

Online preprint at: arXiv:0906.1878 (arXiv, LANL, USA).
2009/A05.

Arbitrary amplitude ion-acoustic solitary excitations in the presence of excess superthermal electrons

N S Saini, I Kourakis and MA Hellberg

Physics of Plasmas, 16, 062903/1-9 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article: .pdf here (approx. 300 KB) (copyright terms apply).

Preprint available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB).
2009/A04.

Modulated transverse off-plane dust-lattice wavepackets in two-dimensional dusty plasma crystals

B. Farokhi, M. Shahmansouri and I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 16, 053706/1-11 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article: .pdf here (approx. 300 KB) (copyright terms apply).
2009/A03.

Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotating Multi-Component Pair Plasmas and e-p-i Plasmas

I Kourakis, W M Moslem, U M Abdelsalam, R Sabry and P. K. Shukla

Plasma and Fusion Research, 4, 018/1-11 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research, Japan).

Author preprint available .pdf here (approx. 1 MB).
2009/A02.

Solitary and blow-up electrostatic excitations in rotating magnetized electron-positron-ion plasmas

W M Moslem, R Sabry, U M Abdelsalam, I Kourakis and P K Shukla

New Journal of Physics 11, 033028/1-16 (2009).

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK).

Author preprint .pdf here (approx. 600 KB).
2009/A01.

Higher-order effects and ultra-short solitons in left-handed metamaterials

N.L. Tsitsas, N. Rompotis, I. Kourakis, P.G. Kevrekidis and D.J. Frantzeskakis

Physical Review E, 79, 037601/1-4 (2009); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.037601.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Online preprint at: arXiv:0902.3872 (arXiv, LANL, USA).
2008/A10.

Discrete solitons and vortices in hexagonal and honeycomb lattices: existence, stability and dynamics

K.J.H. Law, P.G. Kevrekidis, V. Koukouloyannis, I. Kourakis, D.J. Frantzeskakis and A.R. Bishop

Physical Review E, 78, 066610/1-12 (2008); DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.066610.

Online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Preprint available .pdf here (approx. 5 MB!).
2008/A09.

Dust-acoustic wave modulation in the presence of kappa-distributed ions

N S Saini and I Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 15, 123701/1-11 (2008); DOI: 10.1063/1.3033748.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Preprint available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB).

NOTE: Revision/Corrigendum out soon.
2008/A08.

Acoustic solitary waves in dusty and/or multi-ion plasmas with cold, adiabatic and hot constituents

F Verheest, M A Hellberg and I Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 15, 093108 /1-7 (2008); DOI: 10.1063/1.3026716.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Preprint available here (approx. 300 KB).
2008/A07.

Propagation regimes for an electromagnetic beam in magnetized plasma

Ashutosh Sharma, Ioannis Kourakis and M.S. Sodha

Physics of Plasmas, 15, 103103/1-7 (2008); DOI: 10.1063/1.2988770.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Preprint available here (approx. 400 KB).
2008/A06.

Evolution of linearly polarized electromagnetic pulses in laser plasmas

J. Borhanian, S. Sobhanian, I. Kourakis and A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi

Physics of Plasmas, 15, 093108 /1-7 (2008); DOI: 10.1063/1.2990023.

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author preprint available .pdf here (approx. 1 MB).
2008/A05.

Detailed analytical investigation of magnetic field line random walk in turbulent plasmas: II. Isotropic turbulence

I. Kourakis, R. Tautz and A. Shalchi

Journal of Plasma Physics, 75 (2), pp. 183-192 (2008); DOI: 10.1017/S0022377808007575.

Online at the publisher's www site (Cambridge University Press, UK).

Published article reprint upon request.
2008/A04.

Detailed analytical investigation of magnetic field line random walk in turbulent plasmas: I. Two-component slab/2D turbulence

I. Kourakis and A. Shalchi

Journal of Plasma Physics, 74 (5), pp. 657–677 (2008).

Online at the publisher's www site (Cambridge University Press, UK).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 500 KB).
2008/A03.

Parametric study of nonlinear electrostatic waves in two-dimensional quantum dusty plasmas

S. Ali, W.M. Moslem, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

New Journal of Physics, 10, 023007/1-15 (2008); DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/023007.

Online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 1.1 MB).
2008/A02.

Ion-acoustic waves in a plasma consisting of adiabatic warm ions, non-isothermal electrons and a weakly relativistic electron beam: linear and higher-order nonlinear effects

A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 15 (2), 022303/1-13 (2008).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author preprint available .pdf here (approx. 1 MB).
2008/A01.

Low frequency localized wavepackets in dusty plasmas with opposite charge polarity dust components

W. F. El-Taibany, I. Kourakis and Miki Wadati

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 50, 074003/1-18 (2008).

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB).
2007/A13.

Random walk of magnetic field lines for different values of the energy range spectral index

A. Shalchi and I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (11), 112901/1-6 (2007).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 200 KB).
2007/A12.

Nonlinear excitations in electron-positron-ion plasmas in accretion disks of active galactic nuclei

W. M. Moslem, I. Kourakis, R. Schlickeiser and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (10), 102901/1-10 (2007).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 200 KB).

Also: Erratum on: "Nonlinear excitations in electron-positron-ion plasmas in accretion disks of active galactic nuclei"

Physics of Plasmas, 15 (1), 019903/1-7 (2008);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 200 KB).
2007/A11.

Nonlinear dynamics and solitons in Debye bi-crystals

B. Farokhi, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (10), 103709/1-10 (2007).

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 250 KB).
2007/A10.

The 90-degree problem of scattering theory revisited: dynamical turbulence effects versus nonlinear effects

A. Dosch, I. Kourakis and A. Shalchi

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 34, 2595/1-16 (2007).

Online at the publisher's www site (Institute of Physics, UK).

Published article reprint upon request.

Author reprint available .pdf here (approx. 250 KB).
2007/A09.

Generalized compound transport of charged particles in turbulent magnetized plasmas

A. Shalchi, I. Kourakis and A. Dosch

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 40, 11191-11201 (2007); 11 pp.;

Available online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK);

Article reprint: .pdf (130 KB).
2007/A08.

Analytical description of stochastic field-Line wandering in magnetic turbulence

A. Shalchi and I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (9), 092903/1-6 (2007);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request.

Preprint (final version) available .pdf here (approx. 200 KB), or as astro-ph/0703366 here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0703366.
2007/A07.

Fully nonlinear ion-sound waves in a dense Fermi magnetoplasma

S. Ali, W. M. Moslem, P. K. Shukla and I. Kourakis

Physics Letters A , 366 (6), 606-610 (2007); 5 pp.;

Online at the publisher's site (Elsevier/Science Direct, Holland); doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2007.05.073;

Published article reprint upon request.
2007/A06.

A Van der Pol-Mathieu equation for the dynamics of dust grain charge in dusty plasmas

M. Momeni, I. Kourakis, M. Moslehi-Fard and P. K. Shukla

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 40, F473-F481 (2007);

Available online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK);

Article reprint: .pdf (200 KB).
2007/A05.

A New Theory for Perpendicular Transport of Cosmic Rays

A. Shalchi and I. Kourakis

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470, 405-409 (2007);

Available online at the publisher's www site (EDP Sciences; copyright ESO);

Published article reprint upon request.
2007/A04.

Existence of multibreathers in one-dimensional Debye crystals

V. Koukouloyannis and I. Kourakis

Physical Review E, 76, 016402/1-10 (2007);

Online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.).

Preprint available as .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as nlin.PS/0703020v2 here: arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0703020v2
Published article reprint upon request.
2007/A03.

Self-focusing and envelope pulse generation in nonlinear magnetic metamaterials

I. Kourakis, N. Lazarides and G. P. Tsironis

Physical Review E, 75, 067601/1-4 (2007);

Preprint (sub. v1) available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as cond-mat/0612615 here: http://arxiv.org/pdf/cond-mat/0612615;

Online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.).

Published article reprint upon request;

Author reprint here (200 KB);

Also selected to appear in: Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science (July 2007 Issue).
2007/A02.

Finite amplitude envelope solitons in pair-ion plasmas

W. M. Moslem, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (3), 032107/1-6 (2007);
Also: Erratum on: "Finite amplitude envelope solitons in pair-ion plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas, 14 (10), 109902/1 (2007);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint(s) upon request.
2007/A01.

Nonlinear perpendicular propagation of ordinary mode electromagnetic wave packets in pair plasmas and electron-positron-ion plasmas

I. Kourakis, F. Verheest and N. Cramer

Physics of Plasmas, 14 (2), 022306/1-10 (2007);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request;

Also selected to appear in: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (March 12, 2007 issue).
2006/A15.

Oblique modulation of electrostatic modes and envelope excitations in pair-ion and electron-positron plasmas

A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (12), 122310/1-9 (2006);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request;

Also selected to appear in: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (January 15, 2007 issue).
2006/A14.

Nonlinearly modulated dust lattice wave packets in two-dimensional hexagonal dust crystals

B. Farokhi, I. Kourakis, and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (12), 122304/1-10 (2006);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request.
2006/A13.

Nonlinear excitations in strongly-coupled plasma lattices: envelope solitons, kinks and intrinsic localized modes

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 16 (6), 1711/1-16 (2006);

Online at the publisher's www site (World Scientific, Singapore);

Published article reprint upon request;

Author reprint here: .pdf (500 KB approx.).
2006/A12.

Instability and Evolution of Nonlinearly Interacting Water Waves

P. K. Shukla, I. Kourakis, B. Eliasson, M. Marklund and L. Stenflo

Physical Review Letters, 97, 094501/1-4 (2006);

Published article reprint upon request;

online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.).

Author reprint here (500 KB).
2006/A11.

Electrostatic mode envelope excitations in e-p-i plasmas - Application in warm pair ion plasmas with a small fraction of stationary ions

A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis, M. Mehdipoor and P.K. Shukla

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 39, 13817-13830 (2006);

Available online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK);

Published article reprint upon request;

Author reprint: .pdf (approx. 150 KB);
Article reprint: .pdf (approx. 500 KB).
2006/A10.

Magnetization of left-handed metamaterials

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physica Scripta, 74 , 422-424 (2006);

Available online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK);

Published article reprint upon request;

Author reprint: .pdf here (approx. 100 KB).
2006/A09.

Modulational instability of dust acoustic waves in dusty plasmas: modulation obliqueness, background ion nonthermality and dust charging effects

W. F. El-Taibany and I. Kourakis

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (6), 062302/1-11 (2006);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request;
Author reprint .pdf here (approx. 250 KB)
2006/A08.

Modulated electrostatic modes in pair plasmas: modulational stability profile and envelope excitations

I. Kourakis, A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, M. Mehdipoor and P.K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (5), 052117/1-9 (2006); 9 pp.;

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA)

Published article reprint upon request;
Article reprint .pdf here (approx. 250 KB);

Also selected to appear in: Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (June 12, 2007 issue).
2006/A07.

Instability and dynamics of two nonlinearly coupled laser beams in a plasma

P. K. Shukla, B. Eliasson, M. Marklund, L. Stenflo, I. Kourakis, M. Parviainen, M. E. Dieckmann

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (5), 053104/1-7 (2006); 7 pp.;

Online at the publisher's www site (AIP: American Institute of Physics, USA);

Published article reprint upon request;
Author reprint .pdf here (approx. 3.5 MB!)
2006/A06.

Dust lattice wave dispersion relations in two-dimensional hexagonal crystals including the effect of dust charge polarization

B. Farokhi, I. Kourakis, and P. K. Shukla

Physics Letters A, 355 (2), 122-128 (2006); 7 pp.;

Online at the publisher's site (Elsevier/Science Direct, Holland); doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2006.02.016;

Published article reprint upon request;
Author reprint .pdf here (approx. 550 KB)
2006/A05.

Nonlinear propagation of modulated ion-acoustic plasma waves in the presence of an electron beam

A. Esfandyari-Kalejahi, I. Kourakis, B. Dasmalchi and M. Sayarizadeh

Physics of Plasmas, 13 (3), 042305/1-10 (2006);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);

Published article reprint upon request;
Author reprint .pdf here (approx. 1.1 MB)
2006/A04.

Modulational instability in asymmetric coupled wave functions

I. Kourakis and P.K. Shukla

European Physical Journal B, 50, 321-325 (2006); 5 pp.;

published online by www.edpsciences.org (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany)

Reprint (final, revised version v3; approx. 150 KB) .pdf here;

Published article reprint upon request.

v2 preprint available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as nlin.PS/0510029 here: http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.PS/0510029;
a previous (more detailed) version v1 available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as nlin.PS/0510029v1 here: http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.PS/0510029v1.
2006/A03.

Statistical-mechanical description of classical test-particle dynamics in the presence of an external force field: modelling noise and damping from first principles

I. Kourakis and A.P. Grecos

European Physical Journal B, 50, 345-349 (2006); 5 pp.

published online by www.edpsciences.org (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany)

Reprint (final, revised version v3; approx. 150 KB) .pdf here;

Published article reprint upon request.

v2 preprint available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as cond-mat/0510359 here: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0510359;
a previous (more detailed) version v1 available .pdf here (approx. 300 KB), or as cond-mat/0510359v1 here: http://arxiv.org/abs/nlin.PS/0510359v1.\
2006/A02.

Stability of dust lattice modes in the presence of charged dust grain polarization in plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics Letters A, 351 (1-2), 101-104 (2006); 4 pp.;

online at the publisher's site (Elsevier/Science Direct, Holland);

Journal reprint here; author reprint here.
2006/A01.

Parametric instabilities and localization of nonlinearly coupled electromagnetic modes in astrophysical dusty plasmas

P. K. Shukla, B. Eliasson, I. Kourakis and L. Stenflo

Journal of Plasma Physics, 72 (3), 397-407 (2006); 11 pp.;

Author preprint here; Article reprint here;
online at the publisher's www site (C.U.P.: Cambridge University Press, UK).
2005/A14.

Nonlinearly coupled whistlers and dust-acoustic waves in dusty plasmas

P. K. Shukla, M. Mond, I. Kourakis and B. Eliasson

Physics of Plasmas, 12, 124502 (2005); 4 pp.;

Article reprint .pdf here (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);
Reprint here.
2005/A13.

Linear and nonlinear dynamics of a dust bi-crystal consisting of positive and negative dust particles

I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and G.E. Morfill

Physics of Plasmas, 12, 112104 (2005); 6 pp.;

Reprint .pdf here (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);
Reprint here.
2005/A12.

Modulational instability criteria for two-component Bose-Einstein condensates

I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla, M. Marklund, and L. Stenflo

European Physical Journal B, 46, 381-384 (2005); 4 pp.;

published online by www.edpsciences.org (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany);

Reprint here.
2005/A11.

Dynamics of nonlinearly coupled magnetic field-aligned electromagnetic electron-cyclotron waves near the zero group dispersion point in magnetized plasmas

I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and G.E. Morfill

Physics of Plasmas, 12, 082303 (2005); 9 pp.;

Reprint .pdf here (approx. 200 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2005/A10.

Nonlinear propagation of electromagnetic waves in negative refraction index composite materials

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physical Review E, 72, 016626 (2005); 5 pp.;

reprint: .pdf (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.).
2005/A09.

Modulational instability and localized excitations involving two nonlinearly coupled upper-hybrid waves in plasmas

I. Kourakis, P. K. Shukla and G.E. Morfill

New Journal of Physics, 7, 153 (2005); 18 pp.;

reprint: .pdf (approx. 250 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (IoP: Institute of Physics, UK).
2005/A08.

Nonlinear compressional electromagnetic ion-cyclotron wavepackets in space plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 12, 441 - 450 (2005); 10 pp.; SRef-ID: 1607-7946/npg/2005-12-441 ;

reprint: .pdf (approx. 300 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (EGU: European Geosciences Union, Germany).
2005/A07.

Comment on ``Dynamics in a Multicomponent Plasma Near the Low-Frequency Cutoff"

P. K. Shukla, I. Kourakis and L. Stenflo

Physical Review Letters, 94, 119501 (2005); 1 p.;

reprint: .pdf (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.).
2005/A06.

Exact theory for localized envelope modulated electrostatic wavepackets in space and dusty plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 12, 407-423 (2005); 17 pp.; SRef-ID: 1607-7946/npg/2005-12-407 ;

reprint: .pdf (approx. 650 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (EGU: European Geosciences Union, Germany).
2005/A05.

Modulated dust-acoustic wave packets in a plasma with non-isothermal electrons and ions

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Journal of Plasma Physics, 71 (2), 185-201 (2005);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 250 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (C.U.P.: Cambridge University Press, UK).
2005/A04.

Low-frequency electromagnetic waves in a Hall-magnetohydrodynamic plasma with charged dust macroparticles

P. K. Shukla, I. Kourakis and L. Stenflo

Physics of Plasmas 12 (2), 024501-1 - 024501-4 (2005);

reprint: .pdf (60 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2005/A03.

Discrete breather modes associated with vertical dust grain oscillations in dusty plasma crystals

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 12 (1), 014502-1 - 014502-4 (2005);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 100 KB);

Online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2005/A02.

Modulated whistler wavepackets associated with density perturbations

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 12 (1), 012902/1-8 (2005);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2005/A01.

Envelope solitons associated with electromagnetic waves in a magnetized pair plasma

T. Cattaert, I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas12 (1), 012319/1-6 (2005);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 100 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);

You may also read an Erratum here (approx. 50 KB)

also, online at the publisher's www site .
2004/A13.

Lagrangian description of nonlinear dust-ion acoustic waves in dusty plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

European Physical Journal D, 30, 97 - 103 (2004); (DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2004-00068-4);

e-reprint: .pdf (approx. 250 KB);

published online by www.edpsciences.org (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany);

also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0403104.
2004/A12.

Nonlinear lagrangian theory of envelope electrostatic plasma waves in a two-electron-temperature plasma

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 11 (9), 4506 - 4514 (2004);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 180 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2004/A11.

Complete nonlinear theory of longitudinal-to-transverse dust lattice mode coupling in a single-layer dusty plasma crystal

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physica Scripta, T113 , 97 - 101 (2004);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 1 MB);
online at the publisher's site (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden).
2004/A10.

Weakly nonlinear vertical dust grain oscillations in dusty plasma crystals in the presence of a magnetic field

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 11 (7), 3665 - 3671 (2004);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 130 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2004/A9.

Nonlinear modulation of transverse dust lattice waves in dusty plasma crystals

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas 11 (5), 2322 - 2325 (2004);

reprint: .pdf (approx. 60 KB);

online at the publisher's www site ;

also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402007 (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2004/A8.

Modulated wavepackets associated with longitudinal dust grain oscillations in a dusty plasma crystal

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas 11 (4), 1384 - 1393 (2004)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 200 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);
also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402261.
2004/A7.

Nonlinear theory of solitary waves associated with longitudinal particle motion in lattices: Application to longitudinal grain oscillations in a dust crystal

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

European Physical Journal D, 29 (2), 247 - 263 (2004)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 750 KB);
online by www.edpsciences.org (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany);
also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402259.
2004/A6.

Linear and nonlinear properties of Rao-dust-Alfven waves in magnetized plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas, 11 (3), 958 - 969 (2004);
reprint: .pdf (approx. 850 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA);
also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402050.
2004/A5.

Oblique amplitude modulation of dust-acoustic plasma waves

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physica Scripta 69 (4), 316 - 327 (2004)
reprint: .pdf (approx. 200 KB);
online at the publisher's site (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden);
also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402049.
2004/A4.

Weakly nonlinear effects associated with transverse oscillations in dusty plasma crystals

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physica Scripta, T107, 243 - 246 (2004)

reprint: reprint (approx. 100 KB);
online at the publisher's site (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden).
2004/A3.

Finite ion temperature effects on oblique modulational stability and envelope excitations of dust-ion acoustic waves

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

European Physical Journal D, 28, 109 - 117 (2004);
reprint: .pdf (approx. 280 KB);
online at the publisher's site (EDP Sciences, France and Springer, Germany).
2004/A2.

Modulated Wave-packets and Envelope Solitary Structures in Complex Plasmas

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 32 (2), 573 - 581 (2004);
reprint: .pdf (approx. 350 KB);
online at the publisher's site (IEEE, U.S.A.).
2004/A1.

Electron-acoustic plasma waves: oblique modulation and envelope solitons

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physical Review E 69 (3), 036411/1-7 (2004)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 180 KB);
online at the publisher's site (aps.org) or at PROLA (APS: American Physical Society, U.S.A.);
also at: http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0402055.
2003/A6.

Study of the intergrain interaction potential and associated instability of dust-lattice plasma oscillations in the presence of ion flow

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics Letters A 317 (1 - 2), 156 - 164 (2003)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 800 KB);
online at the publisher's site (Elsevier/Science Direct, Holland).
2003/A5.

Modulational instability and localized excitations of dust-ion acoustic waves

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Physics of Plasmas 10 (9), 3459 - 3470 (2003)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 200 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (American Institute of Physics, USA).
2003/A4.

Ion-acoustic waves in a two-electron-temperature plasma: oblique modulation and envelope excitations

I. Kourakis and P. K. Shukla

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 36 (47), 11901 - 11913 (2003)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 350 KB);
online at the publisher's site (Institute of Physics, UK).
2003/A3.

Plasma diffusion and relaxation in a magnetic field

I. Kourakis and A. Grecos

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 8, (3-4), 547 - 551 (2003)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 300 KB);

online at the publisher's www site (Elsevier/Science Direct);
also see: Erratum, 9, 379 (2004);
reprint (approx. 230 KB) (and online at the publisher's www site ).
2003/A2.

A collision kinetic operator from microscopic dynamics in the presence of external fields

I. Kourakis

Revue des Questions Scientifiques (Bruxelles) 174, (1 - 2), 203 - 213, (2003);
reprint: .pdf (scanned copy: approx. 4.1 MB!).
2003/A1.

Kinetic theory and transport processes for magnetized plasma - magnetic field dependence of plasma relaxation times

I. Kourakis

Revista Mexicana de Física 49, (supl. 3), 130 - 133, (2003)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 500 KB)
Editor: Sociedad Mexicana de Física.
2000/A1.

Kinetic Theory for a Test-Particle in Magnetized Plasma

I. Kourakis

Physica Scripta T84, 215 - 216, (2000)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 200 KB);
online at the publisher's site (The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden).
1999/A1.

Fokker-Planck equation for a test-particle weakly coupled to a magnetized plasma

I. Kourakis

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41, 587 - 594 (1999)

reprint: .pdf (approx. 150 KB);
online at the publisher's site (Institute of Physics, UK).