Nonthermal Distribution of Electro-negative Light-ions in Heavy-ion-acoustic Solitary and Shock Structures

Abstract

An attempt has been taken to study the nonlinear propagation of electro-positive heavy ion-acoustic (EPHIA) solitary and shock waves in multi-component plasmas containing mobile electro-positive heavy ions (EPHIs), nonthermal distributed electro-negative light ions (ENLIs) and Maxwellian electrons. The effects of temperature, mobile EPHIs, ENLIs and its nonthermality on solitary and shock waves are investigated in present work. To do so, we have derived the standard Korteweg-de Vries (K-dV) and Burger equations and their solutions. We have studied the effects of the parametric regimes, which affect the solitary and shock waves, numerically as well as graphically.