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Ion-acoustic envelope excitations in multispecies plasma with non-thermally distributed electrons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2012

PARVEEN BALA ,
TARSEM SINGH GILL  and
HARVINDER KAUR
PARVEEN BALA
Affiliation:
Deparment of Math. Stat. & Physics, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141004, India ([email protected])
TARSEM SINGH GILL
Affiliation:
Deparment of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar-143005, India
HARVINDER KAUR
Affiliation:
Deparment of Physics, Khalsa College, Amritsar-143002, India
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Abstract

By using the standard reductive perturbation technique, a nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived to study the stability of finite amplitude ion-acoustic waves in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of warm positive and negative ions and non-thermal electrons. The effect of relative temperature of positive and negative ions, their charge and mass ratios, density ratios and non-thermally distributed electrons on modulational instability of fast and slow ion-acoustic mode is investigated. It is found that these parameters significantly change the domain of modulation instability. Both, envelope and dark solitons appear in different regions of parameter space.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 78 , Issue 3 , June 2012 , pp. 265 - 278
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