Abstract
The wave number of an electron plasma wave propagating on a collisionless plasma column is found to differ from that of a small-amplitude wave at the same frequency. The nonlinear wave-number shift oscillates in space. The magnitude of its first maximum, when normalized to the initial (nonlinear) damping coefficient, is found to be proportional to the square root of the initial wave amplitude.
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