Ion acoustic quasi-soliton in an electron-positron-ion plasma with superthermal electrons and positrons

Abstract

In this work, we are concerned with the ion acoustic quasi-soliton in an electron-positron-ion plasma with superthermal electrons and positrons. By using the reductive perturbation method, the Korteweg-de Vries equation is derived from the governing equations of ion acoustic waves. An interesting soliton-cnoidal wave solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation and its quasi-soliton behaviour are presented. The influence of electron superthermality, positron superthermality and positron concentration ratio on characteristics of the quasi-soliton is confirmed to be significant.

Keywords

• ion acoustic wave
• electron-positron-ion plasma
• kdv equation
• quasi-soliton behaviour
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