Large Mach number ion acoustic rarefactive solitary waves for a two electron temperature warm ion plasma

Journal Article · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1996 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.871567· OSTI ID:388938

Ghosh, S S; Ghosh, K K; Sekar Iyengar, A N ^[1]

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1. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Calcutta 700 064 (India)

An exact analytical form of Sagdeev pseudopotential has been derived for a two electron temperature warm ion plasma, from which ion acoustic rarefactive solitary wave solutions could be investigated for a wide range of different plasma parameters, viz., ion temperature ({sigma}), cold to hot electron temperature ratio ({beta}), and initial cold electron concentration ({mu}). Explicitly large Mach numbers have been obtained for increasing hot to cold electron temperature ratios, and an analytical condition for the upper bound of the Mach number has been derived for such a rarefactive solitary wave. It is found that the width of these waves obey Korteweg{endash}de Vries soliton-type behavior only for small amplitudes (i.e., {ital e}{phi}/{ital T}{sub eff}{lt}1) while for large amplitudes, the width of the rarefactive solitary waves increases with increasing amplitude. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 388938
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 3; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
ION ACOUSTIC WAVES
ION TEMPERATURE
MACH NUMBER
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PLASMA FLUID EQUATIONS