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A theoretical investigation has been carried out on the propagation of nonlinear ion-acoustic shock waves (IASHWs) in a collsionless magnetized degenerate quantum plasma system composed of inertial non-relativistic positively charged light…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 M. K. Islam , S. Biswas , N. A. Chowdhury , A. Mannan , M. Salahuddin , A. A. Mamun

The propagation of ion-acoustic solitary waves (IASWs) in a magnetized, collisionless degenerate plasma system for describing collective plasma oscillations in dense quantum plasmas with relativistically degenerate electrons, oppositely…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-07-19 B. Hosen , M. G. Shah , M. R. Hossen , A. A. Mamun

We explore the physics of shock evolution and particle acceleration in non-relativistic collisionless shocks using multidimensional hybrid simulations. We analyze a wide range of physical parameters relevant to the acceleration of cosmic…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-05-28 L. Gargaté , A. Spitkovsky

The formation of dust ion-acoustic shocks (DIASs) in a four-component quantum plasma whose constituents are electrons, both positive and negative ions and immobile charged dust grains, is studied. The effects of both the dissipation due to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-12-29 A. P. Misra

It is argued and demonstrated by particle-in-cell simulations that the synchrotron maser instability could develop at the front of a relativistic, magnetized shock. The instability generates strong low-frequency electromagnetic waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yuri Lyubarsky

The purpose of this review is to revisit recent results in the literature where quantum plasmas with arbitrary degeneracy degree are considered. This is different from a frequent approach, where completely degeneracy is assumed in dense…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-17 Fernando Haas , Shahzad Mahmood

Hot-cold ablative mixing plasmas are ubiquitous in astrophysical and laboratory systems, where a cold/dense plasma is roughly in pressure balance with a hot/dilute plasma. Examples include the plasma thermal quench during major disruptions…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Yanzeng Zhang , Xian-Zhu Tang

Collisionless, turbulent plasmas surround the Earth, from the magnetosphere to the intergalactic medium, and the fluctuations within them affect nearly every field in the space sciences, from space weather forecasts to theories of galaxy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-28 Keyan Gootkin , Colby Haggerty , Damiano Caprioli , Zachary Davis

A case of two interpenetrating, cold and quasi-neutral ion-electron plasmas is investigated with the multi-fluid approach. We consider that one plasma flows quasi-parallel to the lines of a background magnetic field embedded in another…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-03-19 Vladimir Zekovic

Nonlinear propagation of purely stationary large amplitude electromagnetic (EM) solitary waves in a magnetized electron-positron (EP) plasma is studied using a fully relativistic two-fluid hydrodynamic model which accounts for physical…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-05-04 Gadadhar Banerjee , Sayantan Dutta , A. P. Misra

Plasma shock waves widely exist and play an important role in high-energy-density environment, especially in the inertial confinement fusion. Due to the large gradient of macroscopic physical quantities and the coupled thermal, electrical,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-08-25 Zhipeng Liu , Jiahui Song , Aiguo Xu , Yudong Zhang , Kan Xie

A generalized fluid-particle hybrid model for collisionless plasmas under the assumption of quasi-neutrality is presented. The system consists of fluid ions and electrons as well as arbitrary numbers of species whose dynamics is governed by…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-05-09 Takanobu Amano

Relativistic collisionless shocks in electron-ion plasma are thought to occur in the afterglow phase of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), and in other environments where relativistic flows interact with the interstellar medium. A particular regime…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anatoly Spitkovsky

We employ the Sagdeev pseudo-potential method to investigate the propagation of nonlinear ion waves in a relativistically degenerate electron-ion plasmas. The matching criteria for existence of such nonlinear excitations are numerically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 M. Akbari-Moghanjoughi

The quantum diffraction and symmetry effects on the entanglement fidelity (EF) of different elastic electron-electron, ion-ion and electron-ion interactions are investigated in non-ideal dense plasma. The partial wave analysis and an…

In the Universe matter outside of stars and compact objects is mostly composed of collisionless plasma. The interaction of a supersonic plasma flow with an obstacle results in collisionless shocks that are often associated with intense…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-05-18 Artem Bohdan , Martin S. Weidl , Paul J. Morris , Martin Pohl

The localized deposition of the energy of a laser pulse, as it ablates a solid target, introduces high thermal pressure gradients in the plasma. The thermal expansion of this laser-heated plasma into the ambient medium (ionized residual…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-30 M E Dieckmann , G Sarri , L Romagnani , I Kourakis , M Borghesi

We present a fully nonlinear theory for dust acoustic (DA) shocks and DA solitary pulses in a strongly coupled dusty plasma, which have been recently observed experimentally by Heinrich et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 115002 (2009)], Teng et…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 P. K. Shukla , B. Eliasson

In this paper, we address the theoretical resolution of the Vlasov-Gauss system from the linear regime to the strongly nonlinear one, when significant trapping has occurred. The electric field is that of a sinusoidal electron plasma wave…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-12-06 Didier Benisti

A pair of curved shocks in a collisionless plasma is examined with a two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The shocks are created by the collision of two electron-ion clouds at a speed that exceeds everywhere the threshold…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-07-14 M. E. Dieckmann , A. Bock , H. Ahmed , D. Doria , G. Sarri , A. Ynnerman , M. Borghesi