The formation and propagation dynamics of the finite‐amplitude ion‐acoustic wave (IAW) structures (e.g., soliton, breather, rogue wave, etc.) is theoretically investigated in a plasma comprising of kappa distributed solar and cometary electrons of different temperatures, a hot drift ion component, and a pair of oppositely charged oxygen ion components. The modified‐KdV (mKdV) equation is derived in order to study the propagation dynamics of the ion‐acoustic solitary wave (IASW). It is then converted into the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) through appropriate algebraic manipulation in order to observe the amplitude modulation of the IAWs. Also, the appearance of envelope soliton and the possibility of breather structure formation have been studied from the NLS equation. The dependence of plasma parameters on the formation and propagation of IAW structures has been briefly discussed. The modified‐KdV equation is reduced in a dynamical system through the application of coordinate transformation. The existence of finite‐amplitude nonlinear and supernonlinear IAWs is demonstrated by phase plane analysis. Due to the fact that the results are primarily associated with cometary plasma, they possibly provide greater insight of the nonlinear characteristics of cometary plasma.
{"title":"Amplitude modulation and nonlinear dynamics of small amplitude ion‐acoustic waves in five component cometary plasmas","authors":"Debaditya Kolay, Debjit Dutta, B. Sahu","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.202400008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202400008","url":null,"abstract":"The formation and propagation dynamics of the finite‐amplitude ion‐acoustic wave (IAW) structures (e.g., soliton, breather, rogue wave, etc.) is theoretically investigated in a plasma comprising of kappa distributed solar and cometary electrons of different temperatures, a hot drift ion component, and a pair of oppositely charged oxygen ion components. The modified‐KdV (mKdV) equation is derived in order to study the propagation dynamics of the ion‐acoustic solitary wave (IASW). It is then converted into the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) through appropriate algebraic manipulation in order to observe the amplitude modulation of the IAWs. Also, the appearance of envelope soliton and the possibility of breather structure formation have been studied from the NLS equation. The dependence of plasma parameters on the formation and propagation of IAW structures has been briefly discussed. The modified‐KdV equation is reduced in a dynamical system through the application of coordinate transformation. The existence of finite‐amplitude nonlinear and supernonlinear IAWs is demonstrated by phase plane analysis. Due to the fact that the results are primarily associated with cometary plasma, they possibly provide greater insight of the nonlinear characteristics of cometary plasma.","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141108476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We summarize the method of hydrodynamic approximation for weakly ionized plasmas developed with Klimontovich in 1962 and give a generalization to many—component systems using Onsagers matrix theory and including dispersion effects. We develop the conductivity theory of complex plasma and electrolyte mixtures based on the model of charged hard spheres with given non-additive contact distances, including frequency-dependent electric fields. These generalizations are made with the aim to allow applications to complex natural systems as atmospheric plasmas and seawater. Finally, we give as an example a numerical calculation of the single ion conductivities of a six-component seawater model.
{"title":"Kinetic theory of weakly ionized plasma and electrolyte mixtures including Onsager matrix and frequency dispersion effects","authors":"W. Ebeling","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.202300161","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ctpp.202300161","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We summarize the method of hydrodynamic approximation for weakly ionized plasmas developed with Klimontovich in 1962 and give a generalization to many—component systems using Onsagers matrix theory and including dispersion effects. We develop the conductivity theory of complex plasma and electrolyte mixtures based on the model of charged hard spheres with given non-additive contact distances, including frequency-dependent electric fields. These generalizations are made with the aim to allow applications to complex natural systems as atmospheric plasmas and seawater. Finally, we give as an example a numerical calculation of the single ion conductivities of a six-component seawater model.</p>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ctpp.202300161","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141122019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The scattering dynamics of electron capture in ‐H(1 s) scattering under dense semi‐classical plasma (DSCP) environments has been investigated theoretically. Coupled multi‐channel two‐body Lippmann‐Schwinger equations have been solved by retaining +H(1 s) and p + Ps(1 s) channels to calculate the cross sections (CS) of the electron capture process at intermediate and high incident energies. The effective interaction of the plasma charged particles is modelled by a pseudopotential which is a function of two parameters, namely the plasma screening strength and the de Broglie wavelength. A detailed study is made to explore the changes in the CSs of the above‐mentioned process with respect to the variation in the plasma screening strength and de Broglie wavelength. Significant changes are found to take place, when the screening strength and the de Broglie wavelength are varied. Specifically, the sharp minimum in the differential CS moves toward the forward direction with increasing de Broglie wavelength at a given screening strength.
{"title":"Dynamics of electron capture in positron‐hydrogen scattering under dense semi‐classical plasmas","authors":"Kamalika Das, Netai Das, Arijit Ghoshal","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.202400012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202400012","url":null,"abstract":"The scattering dynamics of electron capture in ‐H(1 s) scattering under dense semi‐classical plasma (DSCP) environments has been investigated theoretically. Coupled multi‐channel two‐body Lippmann‐Schwinger equations have been solved by retaining +H(1 s) and p + Ps(1 s) channels to calculate the cross sections (CS) of the electron capture process at intermediate and high incident energies. The effective interaction of the plasma charged particles is modelled by a pseudopotential which is a function of two parameters, namely the plasma screening strength and the de Broglie wavelength. A detailed study is made to explore the changes in the CSs of the above‐mentioned process with respect to the variation in the plasma screening strength and de Broglie wavelength. Significant changes are found to take place, when the screening strength and the de Broglie wavelength are varied. Specifically, the sharp minimum in the differential CS moves toward the forward direction with increasing de Broglie wavelength at a given screening strength.","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140969468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In this work, emission spectra measurements from direct current (DC) reverse‐brush discharge plasmas were used to elucidate the energy level transition processes corresponding to each spectral line based on the mechanism of emission spectrum generation. The axial distribution patterns of the spectral line intensity and the electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap and post‐cathode space were systematically investigated. By comparing the acquired experimental results, it was observed that both the relative intensity of the plasma emission spectra and the electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap were higher than in the post‐cathode space, while their axial distribution trends exhibited an initial increase followed by a decrease. Additionally, the impact of the discharge gas pressure, reverse‐brush electrode thickness, and the number of electrode openings on the emission spectral line intensity and electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap were explored. Explanations for the underlying physical mechanisms were also provided.
{"title":"Plasma emission spectroscopy diagnosis of a direct current reverse‐brush electrode discharge","authors":"Xingbao Lyu, Zhiyong Li, Yiqun Ma, Ying Wang, Chengxun Yuan, Anatoly A. Kudryavtsev, Zhongxiang Zhou","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.202400032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202400032","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, emission spectra measurements from direct current (DC) reverse‐brush discharge plasmas were used to elucidate the energy level transition processes corresponding to each spectral line based on the mechanism of emission spectrum generation. The axial distribution patterns of the spectral line intensity and the electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap and post‐cathode space were systematically investigated. By comparing the acquired experimental results, it was observed that both the relative intensity of the plasma emission spectra and the electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap were higher than in the post‐cathode space, while their axial distribution trends exhibited an initial increase followed by a decrease. Additionally, the impact of the discharge gas pressure, reverse‐brush electrode thickness, and the number of electrode openings on the emission spectral line intensity and electron excitation temperature in the electrode gap were explored. Explanations for the underlying physical mechanisms were also provided.","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140970714","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
(a) Electron current density, z-component; (b) Electric field intensity (V/m); filament line: electron flow. Fig.6 of the paper by Yiqun Ma et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.202300169