Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers

The propagation of electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized plasma, comprising <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><...

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Autores principales: Wedad Albalawi, Rabia Jahangir, Waqas Masood, Sadah A. Alkhateeb, Samir A. El-Tantawy
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c3f9fe7d6a9c43968e3072c98c4290d12021-11-25T19:06:10ZElectron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers10.3390/sym131120292073-8994https://doaj.org/article/c3f9fe7d6a9c43968e3072c98c4290d12021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/13/11/2029https://doaj.org/toc/2073-8994The propagation of electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized plasma, comprising <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-distributed hot electrons, cold inertial electrons, and stationary positive ions, is investigated. Both the unmodulated and modulated EAWs, such as solitary waves, rogue waves (RWs), and breathers are discussed. The Sagdeev potential approach is employed to determine the existence domain of electron acoustic solitary structures and study the perfectly symmetric planar nonlinear unmodulated structures. Moreover, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is derived and its modulated solutions, including first order RWs (Peregrine soliton), higher-order RWs (super RWs), and breathers (Akhmediev breathers and Kuznetsov–Ma soliton) are presented. The effects of plasma parameters and, in particular, the effects of spectral indices <i>r</i> and <i>q</i>, of distribution functions on the characteristics of both unmodulated and modulated EAWs, are examined in detail. In a limited cases, the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> distribution is compared with Maxwellian and kappa distributions. The present investigation may be beneficial to comprehend and predict the modulated and unmodulated electron acoustic structures in laboratory and space plasmas.Wedad AlbalawiRabia JahangirWaqas MasoodSadah A. AlkhateebSamir A. El-TantawyMDPI AGarticlenon-Maxwellian plasmasSagdeev potentiala nonlinear Schrödinger equationunmodulated solitary wavesrogue waves and breathersMathematicsQA1-939ENSymmetry, Vol 13, Iss 2029, p 2029 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic non-Maxwellian plasmas
Sagdeev potential
a nonlinear Schrödinger equation
unmodulated solitary waves
rogue waves and breathers
Mathematics
QA1-939
spellingShingle non-Maxwellian plasmas
Sagdeev potential
a nonlinear Schrödinger equation
unmodulated solitary waves
rogue waves and breathers
Mathematics
QA1-939
Wedad Albalawi
Rabia Jahangir
Waqas Masood
Sadah A. Alkhateeb
Samir A. El-Tantawy
Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
description The propagation of electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized plasma, comprising <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>-distributed hot electrons, cold inertial electrons, and stationary positive ions, is investigated. Both the unmodulated and modulated EAWs, such as solitary waves, rogue waves (RWs), and breathers are discussed. The Sagdeev potential approach is employed to determine the existence domain of electron acoustic solitary structures and study the perfectly symmetric planar nonlinear unmodulated structures. Moreover, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) is derived and its modulated solutions, including first order RWs (Peregrine soliton), higher-order RWs (super RWs), and breathers (Akhmediev breathers and Kuznetsov–Ma soliton) are presented. The effects of plasma parameters and, in particular, the effects of spectral indices <i>r</i> and <i>q</i>, of distribution functions on the characteristics of both unmodulated and modulated EAWs, are examined in detail. In a limited cases, the <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>r</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>q</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> distribution is compared with Maxwellian and kappa distributions. The present investigation may be beneficial to comprehend and predict the modulated and unmodulated electron acoustic structures in laboratory and space plasmas.
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author Wedad Albalawi
Rabia Jahangir
Waqas Masood
Sadah A. Alkhateeb
Samir A. El-Tantawy
author_facet Wedad Albalawi
Rabia Jahangir
Waqas Masood
Sadah A. Alkhateeb
Samir A. El-Tantawy
author_sort Wedad Albalawi
title Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
title_short Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
title_full Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
title_fullStr Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
title_full_unstemmed Electron-Acoustic (Un)Modulated Structures in a Plasma Having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-Distributed Electrons: Solitons, Super Rogue Waves, and Breathers
title_sort electron-acoustic (un)modulated structures in a plasma having (<i>r</i>, <i>q</i>)-distributed electrons: solitons, super rogue waves, and breathers
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/c3f9fe7d6a9c43968e3072c98c4290d1
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