Linear and Nonlinear Coupling of Electrostatic Drift and Acoustic Perturbations in a Nonuniform Bi-Ion Plasma with Non-Maxwellian Electrons

Linear and nonlinear coupling of drift and ion acoustic waves are studied in a nonuniform magnetized plasma comprising of Oxygen and Hydrogen ions with nonthermal distribution of electrons. It has been observed that different ratios of ion number densities and kappa and Cairns distributed electrons significantly modify the linear dispersion characteristics of coupled drift-ion acoustic waves. In the nonlinear regime, KdV (for pure drift waves) and KP (for coupled drift-ion acoustic waves) like equations have been derived to study the nonlinear evolution of drift solitary waves in one and two dimensions. The dependence of drift solitary structures on different ratios of ion number densities and nonthermal distribution of electrons has also been explored in detail. It has been found that the ratio of the diamagnetic drift velocity to the velocity of the nonlinear structure determines the existence regimes for the drift solitary waves. The present investigation may be beneficial to understand the formation of solitons in the ionospheric F-region.     

Compression of a Runaway Electron Flow in an Air Gap with a Nonuniform Magnetic Field

JETP Letters - The first results of study of the compression of a picosecond runaway electron flow in an air electrode gap by a pulsed guiding magnetic field increasing along the electron...     

Dust Sheared Flow Driven Instability of Dust Drift Waves in a Nonuniform Magnetoplasma

We investigate instability of dust drift waves in a nonuniform dusty magnetoplasma containing transverse sheared plasma flow that is produced by a nonuniform electric field. By using Boltzmann distributed electrons and ions, Poisson’s equation, as well as the dust continuity equation with perpendicular guiding center dust drift speed, we derive an eigenvalue equation, which strongly depends on the profiles of dust sheared flow and dust density gradient. The eigenvalue equation is analytically solved to obtain expressions for the growth rate and threshold of a convective instability arising from resonant interactions between the dust drift waves and sheared flows. The result may be relevant to the understanding of short wavelength (in comparison with the ion gyroradius) electrostatic fluctuations in magnetized plasmas of Saturn rings and in cometary tails. PACS numbers: 52.27.Lw; 52.35.Fp     

An Effective Mass Theorem for the Bidimensional Electron Gas in a Strong Magnetic Field

We study the limiting behavior of a singularly perturbed Schr?dinger-Poisson system describing a 3-dimensional electron gas strongly confined in the vicinity of a plane (x, y) and subject to a strong uniform magnetic field in the plane of the gas. The coupled effects of the confinement and of the magnetic field induce fast oscillations in time that need to be averaged out. We obtain at the limit a system of 2-dimensional Schr?dinger equations in the plane (x, y), coupled through an effective selfconsistent electrical potential. In the direction perpendicular to the magnetic field, the electron mass is modified by the field, as the result of an averaging of the cyclotron motion. The main tools of the analysis are the adaptation of the second order long-time averaging theory of ODEs to our PDEs context, and the use of a Sobolev scale adapted to the confinement operator.     

Viscosity of a Magnetic Fluid in a Strong Magnetic Field

Acoustical Physics - The paper presents an estimate for the viscosity and its increment (“magneto-viscous” effect) in a thin wall layer of a magnetic fluid column oscillating in a tube...     

Propagation Characteristics of Resonance Cone in a Nonuniform Magnetic Field

Propagation characteristics of resonance cone field for frequencies below the electron cyclotron frequency are described in a mirror magnetic field on the basis of fluid equation. Theoretical results are compared qualitatively with those of experiment.     

Nonlinear Interaction of Plasma Waves in External Magnetic Field and the Possibility of Up-Conversion

Nonlinear interaction of low-frequency resonant and high-frequency nonresonant plasma oscillations in the presence of an external magnetic field is studied. In the case of Iongitudinal waves it is shown that the up-conversion of plasma oscillations' energy is possible in such a system.     

Magnetic Electron Drift Vortex Modes in General Equilibria

The equation and dispersion relation describing the magnetic electron drift vortex mode in a generalized equilibrium are presented. The results are useful for investigating related surface wave problems as well as for identifying the various forms of the magnetic electron drift vortex mode.     

Lepton-Lepton Interactions under a Strong Magnetic Field

The cross-section for the reaction e⁺ + e^? → v + v , under a strong magnetic field is calculated. The rate of energy loss is also calculated. These calculations may be of great importance for astrophysical estimations in neutron stars.     

Absorption of Electromagnetic Waves by Plasma Oscillations in an Infinite Two-Dimensional Electron Gas in a Magnetic Field

JETP Letters - New weakly damping magnetoplasmon modes in an unbounded two-dimensional electron system have recently been predicted. It can be expected that, if the frequency of light at a given...     

Hadron Polarization in Strong Magnetic Field

Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters - The magnetic dipole polarizabilities and hyperpolarizabilities of the vector $${{rho }^{0}}$$ and $${{rho }^{ pm }}$$ mesons have been calculated. The...     

Magnetic Field Evolution of the Linear and Nonlinear Conduction of Perforated TiN Films

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics - The low-temperature linear and nonlinear transport on nanoperforated titanium nitride films is experimentally studied. A metallic Bose state is...     

Waveguide Modes of a Warm, Transversely Drifting, Electron Plasma with a Strong Transverse Magnetic Field

The dispersion relation of TM modes with respect to the direction of the static magnetic field is derived for a waveguide filled with warm plasma which is uniaxial and drifting in the transverse direction of the guide axis. The expressions for the fields are also derived. The propagation characteristics of TM modes are studied in detail. When the drift velocity is greater than the acoustic velocity, a new branch describing the characteristics of a low-frequency propagating wave which starts at zero frequency and has at the upper limit a resonance condition is observed.     

Thermal Entanglement of a Three-Qubit Heisenberg Chain with a Nonuniform Magnetic Field

The thermal entanglement of a three-qubit Heisenberg chain under a nonuniform magnetic field is studied. It is very interesting to note that the next nearest neighbor entanglement （NNNE） could be larger than the nearest neighbor entanglement （NNE）. We analyze the ground state entanglement, and give the conditions that NNNE is larger than NNE near zero temperature. Our results also show that the nonuniform field could induce the entanglement and improve the threshold temperature at certain parameter region.     

Oscillations of Magnetic Fluid Column in Strong Magnetic Field

Russian Physics Journal - The paper considers the results of measuring the elastic parameters (ponderomotive elasticity coefficient, oscillation frequency, attenuation coefficient) of the...