Oblique collision of ion acoustic solitons in a relativistic degenerate plasma.

The interaction (oblique collision) of two ion acoustic solitons (IASs) in a magnetized relativistic degenerate plasma with relativistic degenerate electrons and non-degenerate cold ions is studied. The extended Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo (PLK) method is used to obtain two Korteweg deVries (KdV) wave equations that describe the interacting IASs, then the phase shifts due to interaction are calculated. We studied influence of the fluid number density on the interaction process, interacting solitons phase shifts and also phase velocities. The introduced model is valid for astrophysical objects with high density matter such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, degenerate electrons gas in metals and laboratory degenerate plasma. An inverse proportionality between the phase shifts, phase velocity and the equilibrium electron fluid number density [Formula: see text] was established in the range [Formula: see text]. We found that the soliton waves get sharper (narrower) and higher with increasing the electrons fluid number density [Formula: see text], and hence less spacial occupying. The phase shifts and the phase velocity remain approximately unchanged in the range of [Formula: see text]. The impact of the obliqueness angle [Formula: see text] on the soliton interaction process is also studied.

Rogue waves lead to the instability in GaN semiconductors.

A new approach to understand the electron/hole interfaced plasma in GaN high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs). A quantum hydrodynamic model is constructed to include electrons/holes degenerate pressure, Bohm potential, and the exchange/correlation effect and then reduced to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE). Numerical analysis of the latter predicts the rough (in)stability domains, which allow for the rogue waves to occur. Our results might give physical solution rather than the engineering one to the intrinsic problems in these high frequency/power transistors.

Stability of three-dimensional dust acoustic waves in a dusty plasma with two opposite polarity dust species including dust size distribution.

Propagation of dust acoustic waves (DAWs) with the effect of power law dust size distribution (DSD) in a magnetized dusty plasma with opposite polarity dust is studied. Using a reductive perturbation method, a Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation appropriate for describing three-dimensional DAWs is derived. The compressive and rarefactive solitons are possible in the present model. Due to the DSD effect, a soliton with a smaller amplitude and width and a larger velocity is observed. The stability criterion for obliquely propagating DAWs in such plasma using small-k expansion method is investigated. The growth rate of instability is derived and analyzed under the effect of power law DSD. It is found that the growth rate of instability is strongly affected by the power law DSD. The relevance of these findings to space plasma phenomena is briefly discussed.

Dust-acoustic rogue waves in a nonextensive plasma.

We present an investigation for the generation of a dust-acoustic rogue wave in a dusty plasma composed of negatively charged dust grains, as well as nonextensive electrons and ions. For this purpose, the reductive perturbation technique is used to obtain a nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The critical wave-number threshold k(c), which indicates where the modulational instability sets in, has been determined precisely for various regimes. Two different behaviors of k(c) against the nonextensive parameter q are found. For small k(c), it is found that increasing q would lead to an increase of k(c) until q approaches a certain value q(c), then further increase of q beyond q(c) decreases the value of k(c). For large k(c), the critical wave-number threshold k(c) is always increasing with q. Within the modulational instability region, a random perturbation of the amplitude grows and thus creates dust-acoustic rogue waves. In order to show that the characteristics of the rogue waves are influenced by the plasma parameters, the relevant numerical analysis of the appropriate nonlinear solution is presented. The nonlinear structure, as reported here, could be useful for controlling and maximizing highly energetic pulses in dusty plasmas.