Low frequency surface waves in the presence of an external high frequency electric field

The problem of surface sound propagation in the presence of external high frequency dipole electric field is investigated using Vlasov-Poisson equations. The structure of the electric field of these surface waves is also determined. It has been found that the ion sound waves that exist in the presence of external high frequency waves are true surface waves while those without the external field are quasi-surface waves as the former waves decay within one wavelength away from the surface.     

Ion acoustic solitary waves in a two-electron-temperature plasma

Due to the presence of a relatively cold electron component in a plasma, the ion acoustic solitary wave of a given width has a larger amplitude. When the temperature difference between the two electron components is sufficiently large, the strength of dispersion is reduced to an extent that a solitary solution is no longer possible.     

Ion acoustic waves in the presence of electron plasma waves

Long-wavelength ion acoustic waves in the presence of propagating short-wavelength electron plasma waves are examined. The influence of the high frequency oscillations is to decrease the phase velocity and the damping distance of the ion wave.     

Ion acoustic waves in the presence of Langmuir oscillations

The dielectric function for long-wavelength, low-frequency ion acoustic waves in the presence of short-wavelength, high-frequency electron oscillations is presented, where the ions are described by the collision-free Vlasov equation. The effect of the electron oscillations can be appropriately described by the introduction of an effective electron temperature.     

Ion acoustic solitary waves in density and temperature gradients

The propagation of ion-acoustic K-dV solitary waves in weakly inhomogeneous, collisionless plasmas with gradients both in the density and the temperature of the ions has been considered. The electrons are assumed to be hot and isothermal, and the ions to be warm and adiabatic. The reductive perturbation analysis of the fluid equations is then carried out. The zero order quantities existing in the system due to the presence of the inhomogeneities are taken into account consistently and a set of ‘stretched coordinates’ appropriate for the inhomogeneous system is employed. A more general modified K-dV equation has been derived and its soliton solution is obtained explicitly. It is shown that as the soliton propagates along the temperature gradient, its amplitude and the velocity decrease, and the width increases. Further, it is found that when the two gradients are in opposite directions, the amplitude of the soliton remains constant.     

弱相对论等离子体横向扰动下的离子声孤波

在低阶近似下，得到了描述无磁场相对论热离子等离子体的KP(Kadomtsev-Petviashvilli) 方程.研究表明，相对论热离子等离子中的非线性离子声孤波在高阶横向拢动下是稳定的， 且在相对论热离子等离子体中仅存在压缩型孤波. 关键词： 离子等离子体 孤波 声波 约化摄动法     

Ion acoustic solitary waves with adiabatic ions in magnetized electron-positron-ion plasmas

Linear and nonlinear ion acoustic waves in the presence of adiabatically heated ions in magnetized electron-positron-ion plasmas are studied. The Sagdeev potential approach is employed to obtain the energy integral equation in such a mulitcomponent plasma using fluid theory. It is found that electron density humps are formed in the subsonic region in magnetized electron-positron-ion plasmas. The amplitude of electron density hump is decreased with the increase of hot ion temperature in electron-positron-ion plasmas. However, the increase in positron concentration and obliqueness of the wave increases the amplitude of nonlinear structure. The increase in positron concentration also reduces the width of the nonlinear structure in a magnetized multicomponent plasma. The numerical solutions in the form of solitary pulses are also presented for different plasma cases. The results may be applicable to astrophysical plasma situations, where magnetized electron-positron-ion plasma with hot ions can exist.     

Ion waves in a partially ionized gas in an external electric field

The propagation of longitudinal acoustic waves in the ion gas in an external electric field is studied theoretically. The results are compared with properties of waves in space without the external field. The phase velocities, damping factors and the influence of parameters of the gas on the properties of ion waves is discussed.In conclusion, the author would like to express his thanks to Prof. J. Kracík DrSc., for valuable advice and suggestions.     

Modification of the rabi flopping frequency in the presence of a static electric field

For a two-level system the net probability for stimulated one-photon emission in the presence of a static electric field is calculated within the rotating-wave approximation and under the assumption that the static field strength (E^S) is considerably less than the oscillating field strength (E^O). Besides contributing to the power broadening of the emission signal and the Rabi flopping frequency, the static field shifts the resonance towards the blue in the amount 2E^S/E^O.     

Direct electromegnetic generation of high frequency acoustic waves in semiconductor superlattices

The periodic space charge layers formed in semiconducting superlattice structures can be used for direct electromagnetic generation of high frequency acoustic waves. The mechanism for and resonant nature of the acoustic generation are discussed.     

Ion acoustic shock waves in a relativistic electron-positron-ion plasmas

The Korteweg-de Vries-Burger (KdVB) equation is derived for ion acoustic shock waves in a weakly relativistic electron-positron-ion plasma. Electrons, positrons are considered isothermal and ions are relativistic. The travelling wave solution has been acquired by employing the tangent hyperbolic method. The vivid display of the graphical results is presented and analyzed. It is observed that amplitude and steepness of the shock wave decrease with increase of the relativistic streaming factor, the positron concentration and they increase with the increase of the coefficient of kinematic viscosity and vice versa. It is determined that at low temperature the shock wave propagates, whereas at very high temperature the solitary wave propagates in the system. The results may have relevance in astrophysical plasmas as well as in inertial confinement fusion plasmas.     

X-ray emission from a laser irradiated target in the presence of high electric field

The temporal characteristics of the X-ray emission from a laser irradiated Ai target in a 20 kV/cm electric field are measured with electronic detectors. Spatial and spectral distributions of the X-ray radiation are evaluated using a pinhole camera and filter technique.     

Electron acoustic solitary waves in unmagnetized nonthermal plasmas

Electron acoustic(EA) solitary waves(SWs) are studied in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of hot electrons(following Cairns-Tsalli distribution), inertial cold electrons, and stationary ions.By employing a reductive perturbation technique(RPT), the nonlinear Korteweg–de Vries(KdV) equation is derived and its SW solution is analyzed. Here, the effects of plasma parameters such as the nonextensivity parameter(q), the nonthermality of electrons(α), and the cold-to-hot electron density ratio(β) are investigated.     

Ion acoustic solitary waves in weakly relativistic plasma with nonthermal electron, positron and warm ion

The Korteweg-de Vries equation for a weakly relativistic ion acoustic wave propagating in oollisionless plasma containing nonthermal electron, positron and warm ion is derived. The effects of the ion temperature, nonthermal parameter and relativistic effect on the amplitude, width and energy of soliton are studied.     

Propagation of solitary ion acoustic waves in inhomogeneous plasmas

A WKB solution for the propagation of a solitary ion acoustic wave in a plasma with a density gradient is obtained.     

Experimental study of nonlinear dust acoustic solitary waves in a dusty plasma

The excitation and propagation of finite-amplitude low-frequency solitary waves are investigated in an argon plasma impregnated with kaolin dust particles. A nonlinear longitudinal dust acoustic solitary wave is excited by pulse modulating the discharge voltage with a negative potential. It is found that the velocity of the solitary wave increases and the width decreases with the increase of the modulating voltage, but the product of the solitary wave amplitude and the square of the width remains nearly constant. The experimental findings are compared with analytic soliton solutions of a model Korteveg-de Vries equation.     

Effect of ionic temperature on the modulational instability of ion acoustic waves in the presence of a magnetic field

The modulational instability of ion acoustic waves is studied in the presence of a dc magnetic field, taking the ion temperature into account. It is well known that the instability sets in for wave numbers exceeding 1.47 k_D when there is no magnetic field and the ion temperature is negligible. The instability behaviour, however, changes drastically when either the magnetic field is switched on or the ion temperature becomes important or both. In general three different regions emerge wherein the waves becomes modulationally unstable. The relative sizes of these regions change as the magnetic field, the angle of propagation and the ion temperature are varied.     

Decay in presence of a uniform electric field

The decay-rate of an eigenstate into the continuum is calculated in a simple 1-dimensional model, when a small uniform electric field is switched on. It is shown that this rate is very sensitive to changes in the field strength, in conformity with experimental observations.Supported by the Fonds National Suisse.