Decay of solitons in an isotropic collisionless quasineutral plasma with isothermal pressure

Soliton-type solutions of the complete unreduced system of transport equations describing the plane-parallel motions of an isotropic collisionless quasineutral plasma in a magnetic field with constant ion and electron temperatures are studied. The regions of the physical parameters for fast and slow magnetosonic branches, where solitons and generalized solitary waves—nonlocal soliton structures in the form of a soliton “core” with asymptotic behavior at infinity in the form of a periodic low-amplitude wave—exist, are determined. In the range of parameters where solitons are replaced by generalized solitary waves, soliton-like disturbances are subjected to decay whose mechanisms are qualitatively different for slow and fast magnetosonic waves. A specific feature of the decay of such disturbances for fast magnetosonic waves is that the energy of the disturbance decreases primarily as a result of the quasistationary emission of a resonant periodic wave of the same nature. Similar disturbances in the form of a soliton core of a slow magnetosonic generalized solitary wave essentially do not emit resonant modes on the Alfvén branch but they lose energy quite rapidly because of continuous emission of a slow magnetosonic wave. Possible types of shocks which are formed by two types of existing soliton solutions (solitons and generalized solitary waves) are examined in the context of such solutions.     

Nonlinear propagation of ultra-low-frequency electromagnetic modes in a magnetized dusty plasma

A theoretical investigation has been made of nonlinear propagation of ultra-low-frequency electromagnetic waves in a magnetized two fluid (negatively charged dust and positively charged ion fluids) dusty plasma. These are modified Alfvén waves for small value of and are modified magnetosonic waves for large , where is the angle between the directions of the external magnetic field and the wave propagation. A nonlinear evolution equation for the wave magnetic field, which is known as Korteweg de Vries (K-dV) equation and which admits a stationary solitary wave solution, is derived by the reductive perturbation method. The effects of external magnetic field and dust characteristics on the amplitude and the width of these solitary structures are examined. The implications of these results to some space and astrophysical plasma systems, especially to planetary ring-systems, are briefly mentioned. Received 8 July 1999 and Received in final form 11 October 1999     

MGNETOSONIC SOLITARY WAVES IN HOT PLASMAS

In this paper, a magnetosonic solitary wave in hot plasma is considered both analytically and numerically,taking account of the charge separation. The two-direction one-dimension Maxwell-two-fluid equations are obtained,.It is shown that there.exist solitary wave. solutions of these equations when 1+B₀²/4πn₀T_e < (C/C_S)² <2.6, where C is the-wave velocity. The distributions of density and of magnetic intensity both have the shape of single peak. The effect of the magnetic field is to depress the amplitudes and to widen the widths of the solitary waves; and when B_O→0 the magnetosonic solitary wave turn to sonic solitary wave. It is found that for large C the charge separation may be remarkable, so the assumption of quasineutrality is incorrect.     

Evolution of Spiral Waves in Excitable Systems

Spiral waves, whose rotation center can be regarded as a point defect, widely exist in various two-dimensional excitable systems. In this paper, by making use of Duan＇s topological current theory, we obtain the charge density of spiral waves and the topological inner structure of its topological charge. The evolution of spiral wave is also studied from the topological properties of a two-dimensional vector field. The spiral waves are found generating or annihilating at the limit points and encountering, splitting, or merging at the bifurcation points of the two-dimensional vector field. Some applications of our theory are also discussed.     

On the waves and instability in self-gravitating magnetic molecular clouds with ambipolar diffusion Part 2: Cylindrical modal approach and nonlinear effects

The dynamics and evolution of molecular clouds, which are the main sites of active star formation in our Galaxy, are governed by the interaction of the self-gravity, magnetic fields, and ambipolar diffusion, in the form of waves and instability. In our earlier paper (Part 1), we carried out a detailed planar modal analysis. The present paper (Part 2) is an extension of Part 1 in order to include the three-dimensionality and the finite size of the cloud as well as the nonlinear effects. A cylindrical modal approach is developed to take into account the three-dimensionality and the finite size of the cloud as well as the special direction of the mean field B ₀. Dispersion relation and solutions of such cylindrical modes are obtained. It is shown that, in the most unstable direction (∥ B ₀), the growth rate is considerably reduced by the finite lateral size compared with the planar mode of the same wavelength. Nonlinear effects of the magnetic field and magnetic waves are discussed, with particular attention paid to their dependence on the coupling factor σ which is the ratio between the mean collision frequency of a neutral with ions and the gravitational response frequency. It is shown that fast magnetosonic waves are as important as Alfvén waves in the global support of the cloud. In order that the lower limit of the wavelengths in the moderately dissipative range of such waves is small compared with the cloud size, σ should be larger than 5. It is also shown that σ should be larger than 7.3 in order for the density growth of the neutral fluid in a free-fall time to be smaller than 30%. A typical value of σ ≈ 11 in molecular clouds is estimated. This corresponds to an ionization rate ζ = 10^?17 and a metal depletion δ = 0.1. For the clouds with such value of σ, both the density growth and the flux loss are smaller than 20% in a free-fall time. It is shown that a self-adjusting mechanism is able to slow down the global collapse at the early stage of cloud evolution in terms of the interaction between the global collapse and the then existing Alfvén and fast magnetosonic waves, which originate from the inhomogeneous velocity and density distributions in the cloud. Such interaction will not only strengthen these waves, but also create outwards decaying amplitudes of the field perturbation and therefore generate outward net magnetic forces to support the cloud against global collapse. The same mechanism also works for refreshing the outwards propagating Alfvén and fast magnetosonic waves caused by star-forming or core-forming activities, if the total energy supply rate due to these activities is lower than the total dissipation rate of these waves. In this way, a significant portion of the released gravitational energy during the global collapse is tapped and turned into the magnetic waves to slow down the global collapse itself. In terms of such a mechanism, the property that the dissipation rate of Alfvén and fast magnetosonic waves increases with the wave number leads to a simple explanation of the coexistence of the global quasi-stability and the local instability (formation of dense cores) in molecular clouds with cloud mass much larger than the Jeans mass.     

Electrohydrodynamic wave-packet collapse and soliton instability for dielectric fluids in (2 + 1)-dimensions

A weakly nonlinear theory of wave propagation in two superposed dielectric fluids in the presence of a horizontal electric field is investigated using the multiple scales method in (2 + 1)-dimensions. The equation governing the evolution of the amplitude of the progressive waves is obtained in the form of a two-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. We convert this equation for the evolution of wave packets in (2 + 1)-dimensions, using the function transformation method, into an exponentional and a Sinh-Gordon equation, and obtain classes of soliton solutions for both the elliptic and hyperbolic cases. The phenomenon of nonlinear focusing or collapse is also studied. We show that the collapse is direction-dependent, and is more pronounced at critical wavenumbers, and dielectric constant ratio as well as the density ratio. The applied electric field was found to enhance the collapsing for critical values of these parameters. The modulational instability for the corresponding one-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation is discussed for both the travelling and standing waves cases. It is shown, for travelling waves, that the governing evolution equation admits solitary wave solutions with variable wave amplitude and speed. For the standing wave, it is found that the evolution equation for the temporal and spatial modulation of the amplitude and phase of wave propagation can be used to show that the monochromatic waves are stable, and to determine the amplitude dependence of the cutoff frequencies.Received: 23 November 2003, Published online: 15 March 2004PACS: 47.20.-k Hydrodynamic stability - 52.35.Sb Solitons; BGK modes - 42.65.Jx Beam trapping, self-focusing and defocusing; self-phase modulation - 47.65. + a Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamicsM.F. El-Sayed: Permanent address: Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo, Egypt     

Nonlinear propagation of fast and slow magnetosonic waves in collisional plasmas

Low-frequency fast and slow magnetosonic waves propagating in electron ion plasmas with damping effects through ions and neutral atoms collisions are investigated. Linear wave analysis is performed to obtain dispersion relation. The reductive perturbation method is applied and it is shown that fast and slow modes of nonlinear magnetosonic wave are governed by damped Korteweg-de Vries (DKdV) equation in the presence of ion neutral collisions in plasmas. The analytical solution of DKdV soliton is presented under the assumption of weak collisional effects and numerical solutions of DKdV equation are also obtained using two-level finite difference scheme with the help of Runge–Kutta method at different plasma parameters. The damping of nonlinear fast and slow magnetosonic wave structures at different times are discussed in the context of space plasma situations where ions and neutral atoms collisions exist.     

Effects of Spin Quantum Force in Magnetized Quantum Plasma

Starting from the governing equations for a quantum magnetoplasma including the electron spin -1/2 effects and quantum Bohm potential, we derive Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation of the system of quantum magnetohydrodynamics (QMHD). The amplitude and width of magnetosonic soliton with different parameters in the system are studied. It is found that the normalized Zeeman energy E plays a crucial role, for E≥1 the amplitude r_mξ and the width w_ξ of solitary wave all decrease as E increases. That is, the introduction of spin quantum force modifies the shape of solitary magnetosonic waves and makes them more narrower and shallower.     

Experimental and numerical study of the propagation of focused wave groups in the nearshore zone

The propagation of focused wave groups in intermediate water depth and the shoaling zone is experimentally and numerically considered in this paper. The experiments are carried out in a two-dimensional wave flume and wave trains derived from Pierson-Moskowitz and JONSWAP spectrum are generated. The peak frequency does not change during the wave train propagation for Pierson-Moskowitz waves; however, a downshift of this peak is observed for JONSWAP waves. An energy partitioning is performed in order to track the spatial evolution of energy. Four energy regions are defined for each spectrum type. A nonlinear energy transfer between different spectral regions as the wave train propagates is demonstrated and quantified. Numerical simulations are conducted using a modified Boussinesq model for long waves in shallow waters of varying depth. Experimental results are in satisfactory agreement with numerical predictions, especially in the case of wave trains derived from JONSWAP spectrum.     

Two‐dimensional magnetosonic shock wave propagation in dense electron–positron–ion plasmas

Two‐dimensional (2D) magnetosonic wave propagation in magnetized quantum dissipative plasmas is studied. The plasma system is comprised of inertial ions, inertia‐less electrons, and positrons. The multi‐fluid quantum hydrodynamic model is used, in which quantum statistical and quantum tunnelling effects of electrons and positrons are included. Reductive perturbation analysis is performed to derive the Zabolotskaya–Khokhlov equation for the 2D propagation of a magnetosonic shock wave in a magnetized qauntum plasma. The effects of varying the different plasma parameters such as positron density and magnetic field intensity on the propagation characteristics of magnetosonic shock waves are discussed with non‐relativistic degenerate plasma parameters in astrophysical plasma situations.     

无碰撞等离子体电流片中的低频波

采用两种无碰撞二维三分量不可压缩磁流体力学（MHD）模型，计入电子扰动压力张量效应，研究了电流片等离子体的色散性质和波.由于得到的一般色散关系较为复杂，只解析讨论了电流片的中心区和电子β*e=0两种特殊情况.主要结果如下：(1)在短波区（kdi＞1），存在快磁声 动理学Alfven波和斜Alfven 哨声模，电子磁流体力学模型是足够精确的MHD模型；在长波区（kdi＜1＝，存在Alfven波和离子声波，理想的MHD模型是适用的.（2）电子β*e＝0情况下的结果，显然遗漏了一些波模（如离子声波和快磁声动理 关键词： 电流片 磁流体力学 电子压力张量 色散关系     

梯度耦合下神经元网络中靶波和螺旋波的诱发研究

神经系统内数量众多的神经元电活动的群体行为呈现一定的节律性和自组织性. 当网络局部区域存在异质性或者受到持续周期性刺激, 则在网络内诱发靶波, 且这些靶波如'节拍器'可调制介质中行波的诱发和传播. 基于Hindmarsh-Rose 神经元模型构造了最近邻连接下的二维神经元网络, 研究在非均匀耦合下神经元网络内有序波的诱发问题. 在研究中, 选定网络中心区域的耦合强度最大, 从中心向边界的神经元之间的耦合强度则按照阶梯式下降. 研究结果表明, 在恰当的耦合梯度下, 神经元网络内诱发的靶波或螺旋波可以占据整个网络, 并有效调制神经元网络的群体电活动, 使得整个网络呈现有序性. 特别地, 当初始值为随机值时, 梯度耦合也可以诱发稳定的有序态. 这种梯度耦合对网络群体行为调制的研究结果有助于理解神经元网络的自组织行为.     

单向耦合神经元网络中螺旋波的自发形成机制

构造一个具有单向耦合的二维神经元网络，引入信息传输熵来描述定向信息传输，采用Hindmarsh-Rose神经元模型研究网络中螺旋波等有序波自发产生的机制.数值模拟表明：适当选取耦合的强度和单向耦合的距离，网络可自发出现螺旋波、行波、靶波和平面波.各种有序波的产生与网络中出现信息间歇定向传输有关，网络出现单或多螺旋波时发生熵共振现象.噪声、抑制性耦合和排斥性耦合诱发螺旋波时网络中也存在信息间歇定向传输.首次发现自维持长平面波，其存在是由于网络存在持续的强信息定向传输.     

The Stability of the Relativistic Alfvén Waves

Within the framework of the special relativity, the system of reference comoving with Alfvén wave is defined and the form of the perturbations with respect to this system are deduced. The system of equations corresponding to the interaction of the waves, in the case when the relativistic Alfvén wave can generate new Alfvén waves and magnetosonic waves, is obtained in the most general form. In the one-dimensional case the time dependent perturbation method is used for obtain the dispersion equation for the relativistic coupled waves (decay processes). Finally, by solving numerically the dimensionless dispersion equation, the instability domains of the Alfvén waves are obtained. It is shown that there are possible decay processes and modulational instabilities.     

Pattern transition of two-dimensional Faraday waves at an extremely shallow depth

In this paper, we experimentally investigate the pattern transition of two-dimensional Faraday waves at an extremely shallow depth in a Hele-Shaw cell. Several patterns of Faraday waves are observed, which have some significant differences in wave profile, wave height and wave length. It is found that, in a wide range of the forcing frequency f, there always exists a region of the acceleration amplitude A, in which there exist the so-called hysteretic jumps between different patterns of Faraday waves. All of these experimental observations could enrich our knowledges about the Faraday waves and would be helpful to the further theoretical studies on the related topic in future.     

Three-dimensional electrohydrodynamic temporal instability of a moving dielectric liquid sheet emanated into a gas medium

A linear electrohydrodynamic instability analysis is presented for an inviscid dielectric liquid sheet emanated into an inviscid dielectric gas medium in the presence of a horizontal electric field. The influence of Weber number, gas-to-liquid density ratio, and the applied electric field on the evolution of two-, and three-dimensional disturbances of symmetrical and antisymmetrical types is studied. It is found, for antisymmetrical waves, that two-dimensional disturbances always prevail over three-dimensional disturbances, regardless of Weber number or gas-to-liquid density ratio values, especially for long waves; while for short waves, both two- and three-dimensional disturbances grow at approximately the same rate. It is also found, for symmetrical waves, that two-dimensional disturbances always dominate the instability process at low Weber number, and when the Weber number is large, symmetrical three-dimensional disturbances become more unstable than two-dimensional ones for long waves. The effect of increasing the gas-to-liquid density ratio is to promote the dominance of long three-dimensional symmetrical waves over their two-dimensional counterpart. Finally, the equilibrium Weber number at which the growth rates of two- and three-dimensional modes are equal is discussed for both symmetrical- and antisymmetrical-disturbances cases.-1     

On the waves and instability in self-gravitating magnetic molecular clouds with ambipolar diffusion Part 1: Planar modal approach

It is well established that molecular clouds are the main sites of active star formation in our Galaxy. The interaction of the three major physical agents in molecular clouds, i.e. the self-gravity, magnetic fields, and ambipolar diffusion, in the form of waves and instability, governs the dynamics and evolution of molecular clouds. The present work is a new effort on this subject. This work consists of two parts. In Part 1, we complete the planar modal analysis by removing the restrictions on the direction of the velocity perturbation which were used in previous studies. Thus, the wave number vector k is allowed to take any direction with respect to the mean field B₀. The exact general dispersion relation is found to be a seventh-order equation and can be reduced to a quartic equation as the first approximation about the small parameter x_ρ = ρ_{i, 0}/ρ_n,0, the density ratio between ions and neutrals. The growth rate contour maps in the k plane are obtained for various values of the basic dimensionless parameters Λ and σ, where Λ = V_A,n/C_n is the ratio between the Alfvén speed and the sound speed in the neutrals, and the “coupling factor” σ = v_i/ω_g,n is the ratio between the average collision frequency of a neutral with ions and the self-gravitation response frequency. It is shown that, in all directions, magnetic field only reduces the growth rate but does not change the critical wave length for instability. The reduction of the growth rate depends on not only Λ, the dimensionless measure of the field strength, but also the direction of k as well as the coupling factor σ. The frequencies and the dissipation rates of the Alfvén waves and the fast and slow self-gravitating magnetosonic waves are calculated for all directions of k. The solutions of these waves are also given. Although the planar modal approach is important in understanding the basic mechanism of magnetic waves and instability, it does not take into account the three-dimensionality and the finite size of the cloud and is therefore only suitable to the local analysis. Thus, in order to discuss the global properties, we will develop a cylindrical modal approach in Part 2. There, we will also discuss certain nonlinear effects and show their importance in leading to a self-adjusting mechanism which slows down the global collapse at the early stage of cloud evolution and refreshes the outward propagating Alfvén and fast magnetosonic waves caused by star-forming or core-forming activities. In this way, a significant portion of the released gravitational energy during the global collapse is turned into the magnetic waves to support the cloud against the global collapse itself.     

大尺度赤道扩展F的数值模拟

利用数值模拟，研究了不同条件下赤道电离层等离子体交换不稳定性的演变和扩展Ｆ不均匀体的形态。使用一维或二维初始密度扰动时，交换不稳定性可以发展成为等离子体泡，但不能产生泡壁上的羽毛状结构．大气重力波触发的交换不稳定性能在更短的时间内增长成为等离子体泡．当使用重力波和一个较小尺度密度扰动作为初始扰动时，重力波确定了赤道扩展Ｆ不均匀体的外尺度，较小尺度密度扰动则增长成为泡壁上的羽毛状结构．数值模拟结果与大量观测现象符合得很好 关键词：     

Dynamic interaction of plasma flow with the hot boundary layer of a geomagnetic trap

The study of the interaction between collisionless plasma flow and stagnant plasma revealed the presence of an outer boundary layer at the border of a geomagnetic trap, where the super-Alfvén subsonic laminar flow changes over to the dynamic regime characterized by the formation of accelerated magnetosonic jets and decelerated Alfvén flows with characteristic relaxation times of 10–20 min. The nonlinear interaction of fluctuations in the initial flow with the waves reflected from an obstacle explains the observed flow chaotization. The Cherenkov resonance of the magnetosonic jet with the fluctuation beats between the boundary layer and the incoming flow is the possible mechanism of its formation. In the flow reference system, the incoming particles are accelerated by the electric fields at the border of boundary layer that arise self-consistently as a result of the preceding wave-particle interactions; the inertial drift of the incoming ions in a transverse electric field increasing toward the border explains quantitatively the observed ion acceleration. The magnetosonic jets may carry away downstream up to a half of the unperturbed flow momentum, and their dynamic pressure is an order of magnitude higher than the magnetic pressure at the obstacle border. The appearance of nonequilibrium jets and the boundary-layer fluctuations are synchronized by the magnetosonic oscillations of the incoming flow at frequencies of 1–2 mHz.     

Effect of Particle Number Density on Wave Dispersion in a Two-Dimensional Yukawa System

Effect of the particle number density on the dispersion properties of longitudinal and transverse lattice waves in a two-dimensional Yukawa charged-dust system is investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The dispersion relations for the waves are obtained. It is found that the frequencies of both the longitudinal and transverse dust waves increase with the density and when the density is sufficiently high a cutoff region appears at the short wavelength. With the increase of the particle number density, the common frequency tends to increase, and the sound speed of the longitudinal wave also increases, but that of the transverse wave remains low.