• DocumentCode
    1108785
  • Title

    Solitons in Inhomogeneous Magnetized Negative Ion Containing Plasma With Two Temperature Nonisothermal Electrons

  • Author

    Singh, Dhananjay K. ; Malik, Hitendra K.

  • Author_Institution
    Indian Inst. of Technol. (IIT) Delhi, New Delhi
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    462
  • Lastpage
    468
  • Abstract
    Considering an inhomogeneous plasma having cold positive and negative ions, together with two temperature nonisothermal electrons in the presence of an external magnetic field, the relevant Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is obtained by adopting a reductive perturbation technique. An investigation on the existence and propagation of the modes in such a plasma model reveals that two types of the modes (fast and slow modes) are possible. The KdV equation is solved for its solitary wave solution for both the modes, and the amplitude and width of the resulting fast and slow solitons are examined under the effects of the concentration and temperature of the electron species at lower temperature, negative ion density together with the strength of the magnetic field, and its obliqueness thetas (the angle between the directions of the magnetic field and the wave propagation). It is observed that the properties of the solitons are significantly modified by the presence of the colder electron species and the nonisothermality of the plasma. Unlike the usual case of negative ion containing plasmas, the rarefactive solitons do not occur in the present plasma model.
  • Keywords
    Korteweg-de Vries equation; plasma density; plasma solitons; plasma temperature; Korteweg-de Vries equation; cold positive ions; electron species concentration; external magnetic field; inhomogeneous magnetized negative ion plasma; negative ion density; negative ions; plasma solitons; rarefactive solitons; reductive perturbation technique; solitary wave; two temperature nonisothermal electrons; Fast and slow compressive solitons; inhomogeneous plasma; magnetic field; negative ions; nonisothermal electrons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2008.918674
  • Filename
    4475502