Small amplitude dust acoustic solitary waves in a magnetized dusty plasma with nonthermal distribution for both electrons and ions

The propagation of dust acoustic solitary waves (DASWs) has been investigated in a magnetized dusty plasma consisting of negatively charged dust particles, nonthermal ions and nonthermal electrons. Using reductive perturbation method, the Korteweg-de-Vries (K-dV) equation is derived. It is found that the basic structures (such as polarity, amplitude, width) of DASWs are influenced by nonthermal ions and nonthermal electrons. The results show that both compressive and rarefactive DASWs exist in such dusty plasma. It is observed that by increasing the nonthermality parameter of ions and electrons, the nonlinear wave phase velocity increases. Furthermore, nonthermal distributed ions have more effect on the nonlinear wave phase velocity of the DASWs than nonthermal distributed electrons. The dependence of the angle that the external magnetic field makes with the propagation direction of wave on the amplitude and width of DASWs has been also investigated. It was concluded that this angle strongly affects the DASWs. Finally, the effect of the magnetic field appears only in the width and not in the amplitude of the DASWs. The findings of this study can be helpful in understanding the structures of DASWs in the dusty plasma in which both nonthermal ions and nonthermal electrons exist. Such structures can be found in different regions of space and astrophysics mediums such as the upper ionosphere and Saturn's E-ring.

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The propagation of dust acoustic solitary waves (DASWs) in a magnetized dusty plasma comprising of negatively charged dust particles, nonthermal ions and nonthermal electrons was investigated. The Korteweg-de-Vries (K-dV) equation was derived using reductive perturbation method. It was found that the basic structures of DASWs are influenced by nonthermal ions and nonthermal electrons. Both compressive and rarefactive DASWs exist in such dusty plasma. The nonthermality parameter of ions and electrons affects the non-linear wave phase velocity, with ions having a greater effect than electrons. The angle between the external magnetic field and the wave propagation direction strongly influences the amplitude and width of DASWs. The magnetic field only affects the width and not the amplitude of DASWs.