Magnetoacoustic Nonlinear Solitary and Freak Waves in Pair-Ion Plasma

Papihra Sethi, Kuldeep Singh, N. S. Saini

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Abstract

An investigation of magnetoacoustic nonlinear solitary and freak waves in a magnetised collisionless pair-ion plasma using two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic model is presented. The reductive perturbation method is used to obtain the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation. The solitary wave solution of KP equation is examined. Further, on modulating KP equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived with the help of appropriate transformation. The influence of various plasma parameters such as magnetic field strength, number density of ions, and temperature ratio of negative to positive ions, etc. on the propagation characteristics of solitary waves and first- as well as second-order magnetoacoustic freak waves in pair-ion plasma is examined.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)777-786
Number of pages10
JournalZeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences
Volume74
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Freak Waves
  • Magnetoacoustic Waves
  • Pair-Ion Plasma
  • Solitary Waves

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