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Articles written in Pramana – Journal of Physics

• Nonlinear waves in electron–positron–ion plasmas including charge separation

Nonlinear low-frequency electrostatic waves in a magnetized, three-component plasma consisting of hot electrons, hot positrons and warm ions have been investigated. The electrons and positrons are assumed to have Boltzmann density distributions while the motion of the ions are governed by fluid equations. The system is closed with the Poisson equation. This set of equations is numerically solved for the electric field. The effects of the driving electric field, ion temperature, positron density, ion drift, Mach number and propagation angle are investigated. It is shown that depending on the driving electric field, ion temperature, positron density, ion drift, Mach number and propagation angle, the numerical solutions exhibit waveforms that are sinusoidal, sawtooth andspiky. The introduction of the Poisson equation increased the Mach number required to generate the waveforms but the driving electric field E0 was reduced. The results are compared with satellite observations.

• The structure of ion-acoustic waves in a low-frequency three-component electron–ion space plasma with two-electron populations

Low-frequency ion-acoustic waves are analysed on the ion time-scale, in a three-component electron–ion space plasma. The solitary waves propagate in the positive $x$ direction relative to an ambient magnetic field $\overrightarrow{B}_{0}$ which forms static background for a configuration consisting of cool fluid ions and both warm and hot Boltzmann distributed electrons with temperatures $T_{ic}$, $T_{ew}$ and $T_{eh}$, respectively. We derive linear dispersion relation for the waves by introducing first-order density, pressure and velocity perturbations into the ion fluid equations. Additionally, the variation in the nonlinear structure of the waves are investigated by carrying out a full parametric analysis utilising our numerical code. Our results reveal that ion-acoustic waves exhibit well-defined nonlinear spikes at speeds of $M \geq 2.25$ and an electric field amplitude of $E_{0} = 0.85$. It is also shown that low wave speeds ($M \leq 2$), higher densities of the hot electrons, antiparallel drifting of the cool fluid ions, and increased ion temperatures all lead to significant dispersive effects. The ion-acoustic plasma waves featured in this paper have forms that are consistent with those classified as the type-A and type-B broadband electrostatic noise (BEN) observed in the data obtained from earlier satellite missions.

• Nonlinear waves in electron–positron–ion plasmas including the full dynamics for all species

Nonlinear low-frequency electrostatic waves in a magnetised, three-component plasma consisting of warm electrons,warm positrons and cool ions have been investigated. The electrons, positrons and ions are governed by the fluid equations. The system is closed with the Poisson equation. This set of equations is numerically solved for the electric field. The effects of the driving electric field, ion temperature, densities, Mach number, propagation angle and drift velocity of different species are investigated. It is shown that depending on the driving electric field, temperature, densities, Mach number, propagation angle and drift velocity of different species on the nonlinear wave structures components, the numerical solutions exhibit waveforms that are sinusoidal, saw-tooth and spiky. The results are compared with satellite observations.

• # Pramana – Journal of Physics

Volume 97, 2023
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Posted on July 25, 2019