The effect of q-distributed electrons on the head-on collision of ion acoustic solitary waves

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3675603· OSTI ID:22043553

Ghosh, Uday Narayan; Chatterjee, Prasanta ^[1]; Roychoudhury, Rajkumar ^[2]

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1. Department of Mathematics, Siksha Bhavana Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan 731235 (India)
2. Physics and Applied Mathematics, ISI, Kolkata 700009 (India)

The head-on collision of ion acoustic solitary waves (IASWs) in two component plasma comprising nonextensive distributed electrons is investigated. Two opposite directional Kortewg-de-vries (KdV) equations are derived and the phase shift due to collision is obtained using the extended version of Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo method. Different ranges of nonextensive parameter q are considered and their effects on phase shifts are observed. It is found that the presence of nonextensive distributed electrons plays a significant role on the nature of collision of ion acoustic solitary waves.

• OSTI ID: 22043553
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 19, Issue 1; Other Information: (c) 2012 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRONS
ION ACOUSTIC WAVES
IONS
KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION
PHASE SHIFT
PLASMA
SOLITONS