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- Title
Effects of two-temperature superthermal electrons on dust-ion-acoustic solitary waves and double layers in dusty plasmas.
- Authors
Alam, M. S.; Masud, M. M.; Mamun, A. A.
- Abstract
Dust-ion-acoustic (DIA) waves in an unmagnetized dusty plasma system consisting of inertial ions, negatively charged immobile dust, and superthermal (kappa distributed) electrons with two distinct temperatures are investigated both numerically and analytically by deriving Korteweg–de Vries (K-dV), modified K-dV (mK-dV), and Gardner equations along with its double layers (DLs) solutions using the reductive perturbation technique. The basic features of the DIA Gardner solitons (GSs) as well as DLs are studied, and an analytical comparison among K-dV, mK-dV, and GSs are also observed. The parametric regimes for the existence of both the positive as well as negative SWs and negative DLs are obtained. It is observed that superthermal electrons with two distinct temperatures significantly affect on the basic properties of the DIA solitary waves and DLs; and depending on the parameter μc (the critical value of relative electron number density μe1), the DIA K-dV and Gardner solitons exhibit both compressive and rarefactive structures, whereas the mK-dV solitons support only compressive structures and DLs support only the rarefactive structures. The present investigation can be very effective for understanding and studying various astrophysical plasma environments (viz. Saturn magnetosphere, pulsar magnetosphere, etc.).
- Subjects
THERMAL electrons; ION acoustic waves; DUSTY plasmas; NUMERICAL analysis; KORTEWEG-de Vries equation; ASTRONOMICAL perturbation; DOUBLE layers (Astrophysics); MAGNETOSPHERE
- Publication
Astrophysics & Space Science, 2014, Vol 349, Issue 1, p245
- ISSN
0004-640X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10509-013-1639-3