Transition of ion-acoustic perturbations in multicomponent plasma with negative ions

Evolution of ion-acoustic compressive (positive) and rarefactive (negative) perturbations in a multicomponent plasma with negative ions has been investigated in a double plasma device. Transition of compressive solitons in electron-positive ion plasma, into a dispersing train of oscillations in a mu...

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Published in:Physics of plasmas 2008-08, Vol.15 (8)
Main Authors: Sharma, Sumita Kumari, Devi, Kavita, Adhikary, Nirab Chandra, Bailung, Heremba
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ANIONS
CATIONS
ELECTRONS
ION ACOUSTIC WAVES
KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OSCILLATIONS
PERTURBATION THEORY
PLASMA
SHOCK WAVES
SOLITONS
VELOCITY
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Summary:Evolution of ion-acoustic compressive (positive) and rarefactive (negative) perturbations in a multicomponent plasma with negative ions has been investigated in a double plasma device. Transition of compressive solitons in electron-positive ion plasma, into a dispersing train of oscillations in a multicomponent plasma, when the negative ion concentration r exceeds a critical value r c , has been observed. On the other hand, an initial rarefactive perturbation initially evolves into a dispersing train of oscillations in electron-positive ion plasma and transforms into rarefactive solitons in a multicomponent plasma when the negative ion concentration is higher than the critical value. The Mach velocity and width of the compressive and rarefactive solitons are measured. The compressive solitons in the range 0 < r < r c and the rarefactive solitons in the range r > r c have different characteristics than the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) solitons at r = 0 and modified KdV solitons at r = r c . A nonlinear differential equation having two terms to account for the lower and higher order nonlinearity has been used to explain the observed results.
ISSN:1070-664X
1089-7674
DOI:10.1063/1.2972164