Abstract
A possible formation of an electron hole structure associated with an obliquely propagating solitary kinetic Alfvén wave (SKAW) in a strongly magnetized plasma is discussed. It is found that transverse electric field along the magnetic field plays a key role in the electron phase space hole formation. Owing to the presence of trapped electrons, SKAW can propagate in both super-Alfvénic and sub-Alfvénic regimes with different spatial structures. In particular, in the sub-Alfvénic case, the density perturbation possesses a dip at the center accompanied by a pair of humps at the edges. Such a feature may be relevant to satellite observation of solitary structures in the Earth's geomagnetic tail region.
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