Effect of trapping of electrons and positrons on the evolution of shock wave in magnetized plasma: A complex trapped K-dV burgers’ equation

Abstract

Our research demonstrates that positive and negative ions, along with trapped electrons and positrons, propagate as small-amplitude electrostatic shock waves in a magnetized collisions-less plasma. The trapped Korteweg-de Vries Burger's (T-KdVB) equation was derived by the widely recognized standard reductive perturbation technique (RPT), employing two separate scales of standard coordinates. The study examines the impact of temperature ratio on the shock wave characteristics of positive and negative ions, as well as positrons with electrons. The analysis and discussion focus on the impacts of negative ion number densities, as well as the number densities of electrons and positrons. The T-KdVB equations are responsible for governing rarefactive shock waves. Additionally, it is important to acknowledge that nonlinearity and dissipation play a key role in controlling the amplitude of the shock.

Keywords

• Magnetized plasma
• Trapped electron and positrion
• T-KdVB eqaution
• Reductive perturbation method (RPT)
• Shock wave