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The effect of trapped electrons on the three-dimensional ion-acoustic shock wave in magnetized ionic-pair plasma

  • Lanzhou University
  • Northeast Normal University

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Abstract

The effect of trapped electrons featuring vortex-like distribution on the nonlinear behavior of a three-dimensional ion-acoustic shock wave is investigated in a magnetized ionicpair plasma. In the long-wave approximation, the dynamics of the shock wave is governed by the (3+1)-dimensional Schamel-Zakharov-Kuznetsov-Burgers equation due to the presence of trapped electrons and ion kinematic viscosity. By using the homogeneous balance principle and tanh function method, we obtain a novel exact shock wave solution of the equation. It is found for the first time that the trapped electrons can support a shock wave with only positive polarity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number25002
JournalEPL
Volume114
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2016

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