Dust acoustic solitary waves in a quantum plasma
- Institut fuer Theoretische Physik IV, Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
By employing one-dimensional quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model for a three species quantum plasma, nonlinear properties of dust acoustic solitary waves are studied. For this purpose a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is derived, incorporating quantum corrections. The quantum mechanical effects are also examined numerically both on the profiles of the amplitude and the width of dust acoustic solitary waves. It is found that the amplitude remains constant but the width shrinks for different values of a dimensionless electron quantum parameter H{sub e}={radical}((Z{sub d0}({Dirac_h}/2{pi}){sup 2}{omega}{sub pd}{sup 2})/m{sub e}m{sub d}C{sub d}{sup 4}), where Z{sub d0} is the dust charge state, ({Dirac_h}/2{pi}) is the Planck constant divided by 2{pi}, {omega}{sub pd} is the dust plasma frequency, m{sub e} (m{sub d}) is the electron (dust) mass, and C{sub d} is the dust acoustic speed.
- OSTI ID:
- 20782505
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 2; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2173518; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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