Published February 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Large amplitude solitary waves in a warm magnetoplasma with kappa distributed electrons

  • 1. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Port Said University, Port Said 42521 (Egypt)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta 34517 (Egypt)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Damietta University, New Damietta 34517 (Egypt)
  • 4. National Centre for Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University Campus, Shahdra Valley Road, Islamabad 44000 (Pakistan)
  • 5. Theoretical Plasma Physics Division, PINSTECH, P.O. Nilore, Islamabad 44000 (Pakistan)

Description

The large amplitude nonlinear ion acoustic solitary wave propagating obliquely to an external magnetic field in a magnetized plasma with kappa distributed electrons and warm ions is investigated through deriving energy-balance-like expression involving a Sagdeev potential. Analytical and numerical calculations of the values of Mach number reveal that both of subsonic and supersonic electrostatic solitary structures can exist in this system. The influence on the soliton characteristics of relevant physical parameters such as the Mach number, the superthermal parameter, the directional cosine, the ratio of ion-to-electron temperature, and the ion gyrofrequency has been investigated.

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Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 022115-022115.5
ISSN
1070-664X
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PHPAEN

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