Weakly relativistic effect on the modulation of nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a warm plasma

1995 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. El-Labany

The derivative expansion perturbation method is applied to investigate the modulation of nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a weakly relativistic warm plasma. At the second order of perturbation theory, a nonlinear Schrödingertype equation for the complex amplitude of the perturbed ion density is obtained. The coefficients in this equation show that the condition of modulational stability is modified by the relativistic effect as well as by the finite ion temperature. The association between the small-wavenumber limit of the nonlinear Schrödinger-type equation and the oscillatory solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation obtained by reductive perturbation theory is considered. Different limits are considered in order to compare with previous work.

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. El-Labany

The contribution of higher-order nonlinearity to nonlinear ion-acoustic waves in a weakly relativistic plasma consisting of warm ion-fluid and hot isothermal electrons is investigated using reductive perturbation theory. A Korteweg-de Vries-type equation, with temperature- and relativistic-parameter-dependent coefficients is obtained. The renormalization method is applied to the equations obtained from the different orders of perturbation theory to obtain a stationary solution. Relativistic cold and non-relativistic warm plasma limits are considered in order to make comparisons with previous results.


2000 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. EL-LABANY ◽  
S. A. EL-WARRAKI ◽  
W. M. MOSLEM

Cylindrical ion-acoustic solitons are investigated in a warm plasma with negative ions and multiple-temperature electrons through the derivation of a cylindrical Korteweg–de Vries equation using a reductive perturbation theory. The results are compared with those for the corresponding planar solitons.


1987 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Nejoh

The effect of the ion temperature on ion acoustic solitary waves in a collisionless relativistic plasma is discussed using the Korteweg–de Vries equation. The phase velocity of the ion acoustic waves decreases as the relativistic effect increases, and increases as the ion temperature increases. Only a compressional soliton of the ion acoustic wave is formed in this system. Since its amplitude increases for the lower ion temperature as the relativistic effect increases, we deduce the formation of a precursor by the presence of the streaming ions. In contrast, for the higher ion temperature, the amplitude decreases slowly. Furthermore, it is shown that the oscillatory solution of the Korteweg–de Vries equation smoothly links with the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in a relativistic plasma.


1996 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunori Nejoh

Nonlinear wave structures of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with a relativistic electron beam are studied using the pseudopotential method. The region of existence of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves is examined, and it is shown that the condition for their existence depends sensitively on parameters such as the relativistic effect of the electron beam, the ion temperature, the electrostatic potential and the electron beam density. It turns out that the region of existence spreads as the relativistic effect (Mach number) increases and the ion temperature decreases. New properties of large-amplitude ion-acoustic waves in a plasma with a relativistic electron beam are predicted.


1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 565-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Barnard ◽  
C. Gulizia

The dispersion relation for a plasma with different ion and electron temperatures is solved numerically to obtain the frequency and the damping constant for ion-acoustic waves as a function of the wavenumber. It is shown that the commonly used expressions for these variables only apply if the parameter T = ziTe/Ti is larger than 20, and can lead to large errors if T is close to 1. (Here z1 is the ion charge, Te is the electron temperature, and Ti the ion temperature.) Tables and graphs of the frequency and damping as functions of the wavenumber are given for different values of T.


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 719-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhimsen K. Shivamoggi

The propagation of weakly nonlinear ion–acoustic waves in an inhomogeneous plasma is studied taking into account the effect of finite ion temperature. It is found that, whereas both the amplitude and the velocity of propagation decrease as the ion–acoustic solitary wave propagates into regions of higher density, the effect of a finite ion temperature is to reduce the amplitude but enhance the velocity of propagation of the solitary wave.


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