Ion-acoustic solitons and double-layers in a plasma consisting of positive and negative ions with non-thermal electrons

2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. S. Gill ◽  
P. Bala ◽  
H. Kaur ◽  
N. S. Saini ◽  
S. Bansal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Ions ◽  
Double Layers ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons

Ion-acoustic solitons in multi-component plasmas including negative ions at critical densities

1988 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Verheest
Keyword(s):  
Negative Ions ◽  
Stationary Solutions ◽  
Reductive Perturbation Method ◽  
Positive Ions ◽  
Kdv Equations ◽  
Basic Fluid ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons ◽  
Modified Kdv Equations ◽  
Fast Ion

Ion-acoustic solitons in a plasma with different adiabatic ion constituents and isothermal electrons are studied via a reductive perturbation method. The basic fluid equations then give rise to KdV or modified KdV equations, depending upon the relative ion densities. At critical densities, rarefactive and compressive fast ion-acoustic solitons are possible. Explicit stationary solutions are discussed in the special case of cold ions, in a plasma containing two species of negative ions and one of positive ions. The inclusion of heavier ions, even at low densities, increases the amplitudes of the critical solitons.

Sheath potential distribution in a plasma including negative ions

1992 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Yamada ◽  
Z. Yoshida
Keyword(s):  
Potential Distribution ◽  
Negative Ions ◽  
Characteristic Parameter ◽  
Sagdeev Potential ◽  
Mean Velocity ◽  
Solvability Conditions ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Structural Instabilities

Sheath potential distributions in electrostatic plasmas including negative ions have been studied using the Bohm equation. Since the mean velocity of the negative ions is not necessarily negligible compared with their thermal velocity, the contribution from non-thermal negative ions has been considered. The Sagdeev potential has been introduced to consider structural instabilities of the Bohm system. Wavy solutions related to ion-acoustic solitons bifurcate from the monotone asymptotic Bohm sheath solutions. The solvability conditions have also been discussed for characteristic parameter such as the concentration of negative ions and the Mach numbers of positive and negative ions.

Cylindrical ion-acoustic waves in a warm multicomponent plasma

2000 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. EL-LABANY ◽  
S. A. EL-WARRAKI ◽  
W. M. MOSLEM
Keyword(s):  
Perturbation Theory ◽  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Vries Equation ◽  
Negative Ions ◽  
Ion Acoustic Waves ◽  
Multicomponent Plasma ◽  
Reductive Perturbation ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons ◽  
Warm Plasma

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.

Ion-acoustic solitons in a plasma consisting of positive and negative ions with nonisothermal electrons

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3927-3932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarsem Singh Gill ◽  
Harvinder Kaur ◽  
Nareshpal Singh Saini
Keyword(s):  
Negative Ions ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons

Linear and nonlinear obliquely propagating ion-acoustic waves in magnetized negative ion plasma with non-thermal electrons

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 893-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. MISHRA ◽  
S. K. JAIN
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Kdv Equation ◽  
Negative Ions ◽  
Ion Concentration ◽  
Negative Ion ◽  
Slow Mode ◽  
Ion Temperature ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons ◽  
Ion Species

AbstractIon-acoustic solitons in magnetized low-β plasma consisting of warm adiabatic positive and negative ions and non-thermal electrons have been studied. The reductive perturbation method is used to derive the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation for the system, which admits an obliquely propagating soliton solution. It is found that due to the presence of finite ion temperature there exist two modes of propagation, namely fast and slow ion-acoustic modes. In the case of slow-mode if the ratio of temperature to mass of positive ion species is lower (higher) than the negative ion species, then there exist compressive (rarefactive) ion-acoustic solitons. It is also found that in the case of slow mode, on increasing the non-thermal parameter (γ) the amplitude of the compressive (rarefactive) soliton decreases (increases). In fast ion-acoustic mode the nature and characteristics of solitons depend on negative ion concentration. Numerical investigation in case of fast mode reveals that on increasing γ, the amplitude of compressive (rarefactive) soliton increases (decreases). The width of solitons increases with an increase in non-thermal parameters in both the modes for compressive as well as rarefactive solitons. There exists a value of critical negative ion concentration (αc), at which both compressive and rarefactive ion-acoustic solitons appear as described by modified KdV soliton. The value of αc decreases with increase in γ.

scholarly journals Experiments on ion-acoustic rarefactive solitons in a multi-component plasma with negative ions

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Nakamura ◽  
J. L. Ferreira ◽  
G. O. Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Vries Equation ◽  
Critical Concentration ◽  
Negative Ions ◽  
Finite Amplitude ◽  
Ion Temperature ◽  
Ion Acoustic ◽  
De Vries ◽  
Component Plasma ◽  
Ion Acoustic Solitons

Ion-acoustic solitons in a three-component plasma which consists of electrons and positive and negative ions have been investigated experimentally. When the concentration of negative ions is smaller than a certain value, positive or compressive solitons are observed. At the critical concentration, a broad pulse of small but finite amplitude propagates without changing its shape. When the concentration is larger than this value, negative or rarefactive solitons are excited. The velocity and the width of these solitons are measured and compared with predictions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation which takes the negative ions and the ion temperature into consideration. Head-on and overtaking collisions of the rarefactive solitons have been observed to show that the solitons are not affected by these collisions.

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