Dust ion-acoustic shock waves in an adiabatic dusty plasma

Journal Article · Thu Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2712191· OSTI ID:20974904

Rahman, Armina; Sayed, Fatema; Mamun, A A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342 (Bangladesh)

The properties of dust ion-acoustic shock waves in an unmagnetized dusty plasma, whose constituents are adiabatic ion fluid, Boltzmann electrons, and static dust, are investigated by employing the reductive perturbation method. The Burgers equation is derived and its stationary analytical solution is numerically analyzed. It has been found that both the amplitude and the width decrease with the increase of the ion-fluid temperature. The implications of our results in space and laboratory dusty plasmas are briefly discussed.

• OSTI ID: 20974904
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 14, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2712191; (c) 2007 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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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
AMPLITUDES
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
DUSTS
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
ELECTRONS
EQUATIONS
ION ACOUSTIC WAVES
ION TEMPERATURE
IONS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PLASMA
SHOCK WAVES