Comparative study of dust ion acoustic Korteweg–de Vries and modified Korteweg–de Vries solitons in dusty plasmas with variable temperatures

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
B. C. Kalita ◽  
S. Das

In this plasma model, consisting of ions and electrons with pressure variations in both the components in the presence of stationary dust, both compressive and rarefactive Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) solitons of interesting character are established. Based on high dust charge, characteristics of soliton growth are found to be amplified for various pairs of ion and electron streaming speeds. It is noteworthy to mention that for some pairs of ion and electron initial streaming speeds, only compressive KdV solitons with either decreasing or increasing growth are shown to reflect. Contrary to this, for some other pairs of ion and electron streaming speeds, the amplitudes of both rarefactive and compressive solitons are seen to be produced, changing from rarefactive to compressive growth. At the stationary background of the massive dust particles, the lighter particles suffer appreciable initial drifts (backwards streaming) which characteristically change the growth of solitons. For inclusion of higher-order nonlinearity, only compressive modified Korteweg–de Vries (MKdV) solitons of much higher amplitude are found to exist whereas for the same set of parameter values both compressive and rarefactive KdV solitons are found to exist. Smaller values of electron streaming speed are seen to produce high amplitude MKdV solitons. We also observe that due to higher-order nonlinearity, the nonlinear monotonic growth of amplitudes of MKdV solitons is supported by the almost equal streaming speed pairs of ions and electrons for relatively small values of$Z_{d}$, where$Z_{d}$is the number of charges in a dust particle

1995 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. K. Aslaksen

We investigate the charge-dispersive effects on a sheath of monosized dust particles in equilibrium. This is done through describing the dust particles by using equations in (x, v) space (kinetic space) that include terms originating from the charge distribution of the dust particles. The charge-dispersive terms are assumed to be completely determined by the local charging processes. We find that the effects due to these terms are opposed by the ordinary gradient terms in the current equation in kinetic space, and they are therefore smaller than first expected. We also identify kinetic effects that are not included in the usual expression for the dust charge in hydrodynamic space.


2007 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
LEILA AIT GOUGAM ◽  
MOULOUD TRIBECHE ◽  
FAWZIA MEKIDECHE

AbstractSmall-amplitude electrostatic solitary waves are investigated in unmagnetized dusty plasmas with variable charge resonant trapped dust particles. It is found that under certain conditions spatially localized structures, the height and nature of which depend sensitively on the plasma parameters, can exist. The effects of dust grain temperature, equilibrium dust charge, trapping parameter, and dust size on the properties of these solitary waves are briefly discussed. A neural network with a given architecture and learning process, and which may be useful to interpret experimental data, is outlined. Our investigation may be taken as a prerequisite for the understanding of the solitary dust waves that may occur in space as well as in laboratory plasmas.


1997 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. PILLAY ◽  
S. V. SINGH ◽  
R. BHARUTHRAM ◽  
M. Y. YU

The radially symmetric self-similar expansion of a dusty plasma is investigated in cylindrical and spherical geometries. The electrons and ions are assumed to be in Boltzmann equilibria, while the dynamics of the dust particles is governed by the fluid equations. The effects of finite dust pressure as well as dust-charge variation are included.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1673-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ove Havnes ◽  
Tarjei Antonsen ◽  
Gerd Baumgarten ◽  
Thomas W. Hartquist ◽  
Alexander Biebricher ◽  
...  

Abstract. We present a new method of analyzing measurements of mesospheric dust made with DUSTY rocket-borne Faraday cup probes. It can yield the variation in fundamental dust parameters through a mesospheric cloud with an altitude resolution down to 10 cm or less if plasma probes give the plasma density variations with similar height resolution. A DUSTY probe was the first probe that unambiguously detected charged dust and aerosol particles in the Earth's mesosphere. DUSTY excluded the ambient plasma by various biased grids, which however allowed dust particles with radii above a few nanometers to enter, and it measured the flux of charged dust particles. The flux measurements directly yielded the total ambient dust charge density. We extend the analysis of DUSTY data by using the impact currents on its main grid and the bottom plate as before, together with a dust charging model and a secondary charge production model, to allow the determination of fundamental parameters, such as dust radius, charge number, and total dust density. We demonstrate the utility of the new analysis technique by considering observations made with the DUSTY probes during the MAXIDUSTY rocket campaign in June–July 2016 and comparing the results with those of other instruments (lidar and photometer) also used in the campaign. In the present version we have used monodisperse dust size distributions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 025010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marwan Alquran ◽  
Kamel Al-Khaled
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2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael McKinlay ◽  
Edward Thomas

One of the limitations in studying dusty plasmas is that many of the important properties of the dust (like the charge) are directly coupled to the surrounding plasma conditions rather than being determined independently. The application of high-intensity ultraviolet (UV) sources to generate discharging photoelectric currents may provide an avenue for developing methods of controlling dust charge. Careful selection of the parameters of the UV source and dust material may even allow for this to be accomplished with minimal perturbation of the background plasma. The Auburn Magnetized Plasma Research Laboratory (MPRL) has developed a ‘proof-of-concept’ experiment for this controlled photo-discharging of dust; a high-intensity, near-UV source was used to produce large changes in the equilibrium positions of lanthanum hexaboride ( $\textrm {LaB}_6$ ) particles suspended in an argon DC glow discharge with negligible changes in the potential, density and temperature profiles of the background plasma. The shifts in equilibrium position of the dust are consistent with a reduction in dust charge. Video analysis is used to quantify the changes in position, velocity and acceleration of a test particle under the influence of the UV and Langmuir probes are used to measure the effects on the plasma.


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