Korteweg–deVries–Burgers (KdVB) equation in a five component cometary plasma with kappa described electrons and ions

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Abstract

AbstractWe investigate the existence of ion-acoustic shock waves in a five component cometary plasma consisting of positively and negatively charged oxygen ions, kappa described hydrogen ions, hot solar electrons, and slightly colder cometary electrons. The KdVB equation has been derived for the system, and its solution plotted for different kappa values, oxygen ion densities, as well as the temperature ratios for the ions. It is found that the amplitude of the shock wave decreases with increasing kappa values. The strength of the shock profile decreases with increasing temperatures of the positively charged oxygen ions and densities of negatively charged oxygen ions.

Keywords

• Ion
• Shock wave
• Acoustic solitary wave
• Cometary plasma
• KdVB equation