E. K. El-Shewy

Dust-ion-acoustic solitons with transverse perturbation

The ionization source model is considered, for the first time, to study the combined effects of trapped electrons, transverse perturbation, ion streaming velocity, and dust charge fluctuations on the propagation of dust-ion-acoustic solitons in dusty plasmas. The solitary waves are investigated through the derivation of the damped modified Kadomtsev–Petviashivili equation using the reductive perturbation method. Conditions for the formation of solitons as well as their properties are clearly explained. The relevance of our investigation to supernovae shells is also discussed.

Nonlinear electron-acoustic solitary waves in a relativistic electron-beam plasma system with non-thermal electrons

The nonlinear properties of small amplitude electron-acoustic solitary waves (EASWs) have been investigated in an unmagnetized collisionless four-component plasma system consisting of a cold relativistic electron fluid, non-thermal hot electrons obeying a non-thermal distribution, a relativistic electron beam and stationary ions. It is found that the basic set of fluid equations is reduced to a Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation, which governs the nonlinear characteristics of EASWs. The effects of relativistic electrons and energetic population parameter δ on the nature of EASWs are discussed.

Time-fractional KdV equation for plasma of two different temperature electrons and stationary ion

Using the time-fractional KdV equation, the nonlinear properties of small but finite amplitude electron-acoustic solitary waves are studied in a homogeneous system of unmagnetized collisionless plasma. This plasma consists of cold electrons fluid, non-thermal hot electrons, and stationary ions. Employing the reductive perturbation technique and the Euler-Lagrange equation, the time-fractional KdV equation is derived and it is solved using variational method. It is found that the time-fractional parameter significantly changes the soliton amplitude of the electron-acoustic solitary waves. The results are compared with the structures of the broadband electrostatic noise observed in the dayside auroral zone.

Effect of dust charge fluctuation on the propagation of dust-ion acoustic waves in inhomogeneous mesospheric dusty plasma

Investigation of positive and negative dust charge fluctuations on the propagation of dust-ion acoustic waves (DIAWs) in a weakly inhomogeneous, collisionless, unmagnetized dusty plasmas consisting of cold positive ions, stationary positively and negatively charged dust particles and isothermal electrons. The reductive perturbation method is employed to reduce the basic set of fluid equations to the variable coefficients Korteweg–de Varies (KdV) equation. At the critical ion density, the KdV equation is not appropriate for describing the system. Hence, a new set of stretched coordinates is considered to derive the modified variable coefficients KdV equation. It is found that the presence of positively charged dust grains does not only significantly modify the basic properties of solitary structure, but also changes the polarity of the solitary profiles. In the vicinity of the critical ion density, neither KdV nor the modified KdV equation is appropriate for describing the DIAWs. Therefore, a further modif...

Contribution of higher order dispersion to nonlinear dust-acoustic solitary waves in dusty plasma with different sized dust grains and nonthermal ions

The propagation of nonlinear dust-acoustic waves (DAWs) in an unmagnetized, collisionless dusty plasma consisting of dust grains obeying the power-law dust size distribution and nonthermal ions are investigated. For nonlinear DAWs, a reductive perturbation method was employed to obtain a Korteweg?de Vries (KdV) equation for the first-order potential. As the wave amplitude increases, the width and the velocity of the soliton deviate from the prediction of the KdV equation, i.e. the breakdown of the KdV approximation occurs. To overcome this weakness, we extended our analysis to obtain the KdV equation with the fifth-order dispersion term. After that, the higher order solution for the resulting equation has been achieved via what is called the perturbation technique. The effects of dust size distribution, dust radius and nonthermal distribution of ions on the higher order soliton amplitude, width and energy of electrostatic solitary structures are presented.

Envelope ion-acoustic solitary waves in a plasma with positive-negative ions and nonthermal electrons

Modulation instability of ion-acoustic waves is investigated in a plasma composed of positive and negative ions as well as nonthermal electrons. For this purpose, a linear dispersion relation and a nonlinear Schrodinger equation are derived. The latter admits localized envelope solitary wave solutions of bright-(pulses) and dark-(holes, voids) type. The envelope soliton depends on the intrinsic plasma parameters. It is found that modulation instability of ion-acoustic waves is significantly affected by the presence of nonthermal electrons. The present model is used to investigate the solitary excitations in the (H+,O2−) and (H+,H−) plasmas, where they are presented in the D-region and F-region of the Earth’s ionosphere. The findings of this investigation should be useful in understanding the stable electrostatic wave packet acceleration mechanisms in positive-negative ion plasmas, and also enhance our knowledge on the occurrence of instability associated to the propagation of the envelope ion-acoustic sol...

Dust ion acoustic waves propagation in an inhomogeneous dusty plasma with positive and negative dust grains

The propagation of dust ion acoustic waves (DIAWs) in a collisionless, unmagnetized inhomogeneous dusty plasma containing cold positive ions, cold positive and negative dust grains, and isothermal electrons is theoretically studied. Nonlinear DIAWs are shown to be governed by a variable coefficient Kortewege–de Vries (KdV) equation. At the critical density of ions both compressive and rarefactive modified KdV solutions co-exist. Below (above) this critical point the system supports rarefactive (compressive) solitons.

Dust Acoustic Solitary Waves in Saturn F-ring's Region

Effect of hot and cold dust charge on the propagation of dust-acoustic waves (DAWs) in unmagnetized plasma having electrons, singly charged ions, hot and cold dust grains has been investigated. The reductive perturbation method is employed to reduce the basic set of fluid equations to the Kortewege-de Vries (KdV) equation. At the critical hot dusty plasma density Nh0, the KdV equation is not appropriate for describing the system. Hence, a set of stretched coordinates is considered to derive the modified KdV equation. It is found that the presence of hot and cold dust charge grains not only significantly modifies the basic properties of solitary structure, but also changes the polarity of the solitary profiles. In the vicinity of the critical hot dusty plasma density Nh0, neither KdV nor mKdV equation is appropriate for describing the DAWs. Therefore, a further modified KdV (fmKdV) equation is derived, which admits both soliton and double layer solutions.

Improved Speed and Shape of Ion-Acoustic Waves in a Warm Plasma

The basic set of fluid equations can be reduced to the nonlinear Kortewege-de Vries (KdV) and nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equations. The rational solutions for the two equations has been obtained. The exact amplitude of the nonlinear ion-acoustic solitary wave can be obtained directly without resorting to any successive approximation techniques by a direct analysis of the given field equations. The Sagdeevs potential is obtained in terms of ion acoustic velocity by simply solving an algebraic equation. The soliton and double layer solutions are obtained as a small amplitude approximation. A comparison between the exact soliton solution and that obtained from the reductive perturbation theory are also discussed.

Time-fractional study of electron acoustic solitary waves in plasma of cold electron and two isothermal ions

In this paper, a homogeneous system of unmagnetized collisionless plasma consisting of a cold electron fluid, low-temperature ion obeying Boltzmann-type distribution and high-temperature ion obeying non-thermal distribution is considered. The perturbation method with two different forms of stretching will be considered to drive the KdV and modified KdV (mKdV) equations. The Agrawals method is applied to formulate the time-fractional KdV and mKdV equations. A variational iteration method is used to solve these equations. The results show that the fractional order of the differential equations can be used to modify the shape of the solitary pulse instead of adding higher order dissipation terms to the equations. This study may be useful to construct the compressive and rarefactive electrostatic potential pulses associated with the broadband electrostatic noise type emissions.