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Head-on collision of dust acoustic solitary waves in a four-component dusty plasma with nonthermal ions

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3644471· OSTI ID:22047005
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  1. Department of Mathematics, Siksha Bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235 (India)
The head-on collision of dust acoustic solitary waves in a four-component unmagnetized dusty plasma with Boltzmann distributed electrons, nonthermal ions, and negatively charged dust grains as well as positively charged dust grains is investigated using the extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo method. The effects of the ratio of electron temperature to ion temperature and the ratio of the positively charged dust grains mass to the negatively charged dust grains mass on the phase shift are studied. It is found that the presence of nonthermal ions plays a significant role on the collision of dust acoustic solitary waves. This study would be useful for investigations of plasma behavior in different regions of space, viz., cometary tails, upper and lower mesosphere, Jupiter's magnetosphere, etc.
OSTI ID:
22047005
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 18; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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