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The core focus of this research work is to obtain invariant solutions and conservation laws of the (3+1)-dimensional ZK equation, a higher-dimensional generalization of the Korteweg--de Vries (KdV) equation, which describes the phenomenon…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Anshika Singhal , Urvashi Joshi , Rajan Arora

The influence of various kinetic effects (e.g. Landau damping, diffusive and collisional dissipation, and finite Larmor radius terms) on the nonlinear evolution of finite amplitude Alfvenic wave trains in a finite-beta environment is…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 M. V. Medvedev , V. I. Shevchenko , P. H. Diamond , V. L. Galinsky

Compactons are studied in the framework of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with the sublinear nonlinearity. Compactons represent localized bell-shaped waves of either polarity which propagate to the same direction as waves of the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-06-02 Dmitry E. Pelinovsky , Alexey V. Slunyaev , Anna V. Kokorina , Efim N. Pelinovsky

We present a comprehensive model of the global properties of Alfven waves in the solar atmosphere and fast solar wind. Linear non-WKB wave transport equations are solved from the photosphere to 4 AU, and for wave periods ranging from 3…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. R. Cranmer , A. A. van Ballegooijen

The two-dimensional evolution of perturbed long weakly-nonlinear surface plane, ring, and hybrid waves, consisting, to leading order, of a part of a ring and two tangent plane waves, is modelled numerically within the scope of the 2D…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-11-21 Benjamin Martin , Dmitri Tseluiko , Karima Khusnutdinova

An alternative way for the derivation of the new KdV-type equation is presented. The equation contains terms depending on the bottom topography (there are six new terms in all, three of which are caused by the unevenness of the bottom). It…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-08-19 Anna Karczewska , Piotr Rozmej , Eryk Infeld

The nonlinear dynamics of collisionless Alfven trains, including resonant particle effects is studied using the kinetic nonlinear Schroedinger (KNLS) equation model. Numerical solutions of the KNLS reveal the dynamics of Alfven waves to be…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 M. V. Medvedev , P. H. Diamond , V. I. Shevchenko , V. L. Galinsky

An asymmetric pair of coupled nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (CNLS) equations has been derived through a multiscale perturbation method applied to a plasma fluid model, in which two wavepackets of distinct carrier wavenumbers and amplitudes are…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2024-03-22 N. Lazarides , Giorgos P. Veldes , D. J. Frantzeskakis , Ioannis Kourakis

Energy dissipation and particle acceleration in the collisionless magnetotail plasma remain incompletely understood. While Kinetic Alfv\'en Waves (KAWs) are widely hypothesized to mediate these processes, observational characterization of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2026-03-10 Mani K Chettri , Hemam D. Singh , Rupak Mukherjee

This article is a brief review of the results of studying the collapse of sound waves in media with positive dispersion, which is described in terms of the three-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation. The KP instability of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-09-07 E. A. Kuznetsov

The heavy ion acoustic solitary waves (HIASWs) in a magnetized, collisionless, three component space plasma system in the presence of dynamical heavy particles and bi-kappa distributed two distinct temperature of electrons has been carried…

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

Complete asymptotic expansions are developed for slow, Alfv\'en and fast magnetohydrodynamic waves at the base of an isothermal three-dimensional (3D) plane stratified atmosphere. Together with existing convergent Frobenius series solutions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-28 Paul S. Cally

A two-field Hamiltonian gyrofluid model for kinetic Alfv\'en waves retaining ion finite Larmor radius corrections, parallel magnetic field fluctuations and electron inertia, is used to study turbulent cascades from the MHD to the sub-ion…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-05-29 T. Passot , P. L. Sulem

The Earth's magnetosheath provides a high $\beta$ (ratio of electron thermal pressure to magnetic pressure) plasma environment where kinetic Alfv\'en waves (KAWs) strongly influence turbulence and energy dissipation. This study investigates…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Mani K. Chettri , Hemam D. Singh , Vivek Shrivastav , Britan Singh , Rupak Mukherjee

In this paper we continue our study of the Kelvin-Helmholtz (KH) instability in relativistic planar jets following the long-term evolution of the numerical simulations which were introduced in Paper I. The models have been classified into…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. Perucho , J. M. Marti , M. Hanasz

The dynamics of nonlinear waves with controllable dispersion, nonlinearities, and background continues to be an exciting line of research in recent years. In this work, we focus to investigate an integrable (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear model…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-02-02 Sudhir Singh , K. Sakkaravarthi , K. Murugesan

A shear Alfv\'en wave parametric instability is observed for the first time in the laboratory. When a single finite $\omega/\Omega_i$ kinetic Alfv\'en wave (KAW) is launched in the Large Plasma Device above a threshold amplitude, three…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-06-17 S. Dorfman , T. A. Carter

The novel generalized perturbation (n, M)-fold Darboux transformations (DTs) are reported for the (2+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation and its extension by using the Taylor expansion of the Darboux matrix. The generalized…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-12-07 Xiao-Yong Wen , Zhenya Yan

In-situ observations of the solar wind (SW) plasma from 0.29 to 1AU show that the protons and alpha particles are often non-Maxwellian, with evidence of kinetic instabilities, temperature anisotropies, differential ion streaming, and…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Leon Ofman

A comprehensive understanding of solar coronal heating and charged particle acceleration remains one of the most critical challenges in space and astrophysical plasma physics. In this study, we explore the contribution of Alfv\'en waves,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Syed Ayaz , Gary P. Zank , Imran A. Khan , Yeimy J. Rivera , Andreas Shalchi , L. -L. Zhao