Stability of dust acoustic wavepackets suffering from polarization force due to the presence of trapped ions
- Damietta University, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science (Egypt)
- Damietta University, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science (Egypt)
The combined effects of the polarization force, free and trapped ions, and dust charge variation are incorporated in a rigorous study of the nonlinear dust acoustic waves (DAWs) propagating in an unmagnetized dusty plasma. Owing to the departure from the Boltzmann ion distribution, it is found that the nonlinear DAWs are governed by a modified Korteweg−de Vries (mKdV) equation. The association between the mKdV solitary wave and the DAW envelope in the system under consideration is discussed. A modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation appropriate for describing the modulated DAWs is derived. The modulation instability (MI) and the dependence of the system physical parameters on the polarization force, trapped ions, and dust charge variation have been analyzed. It is found that the critical curve separating the stable/unstable regions is strongly influenced by both of the polarization and the ion trapping parameters. Moreover, increasing the polarization leads to an increase of the critical wave number, while increasing the trapping parameter yields the opposite effect. The MI maximum growth rate decreases (increases) as the polarization (trapped ion) increases. The obtained results may be helpful in better understanding of space observations of the solar energetic particle flows in interplanetary space and the energetic particle events in the Earth’s magnetosphere.
- OSTI ID:
- 22760308
- Journal Information:
- Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 43, Issue 7; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2017 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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