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The nonlinear theory of amplitude modulation of electrostatic wave envelopes in a collisionless electron-positron (EP) pair plasma is studied by using a set of Vlasov-Poisson equations in the context of Tsallis' $q$-nonextensive statistics.…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-01-05 D. Chatterjee , A. P. Misra

In this Letter, weak turbulence theory is used to investigate interactions among Alfven waves and fast and slow magnetosonic waves in collisionless low-beta plasmas. The wave kinetic equations are derived from the equations of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Benjamin D. G. Chandran

The collisionless dissipation of anisotropic Alfv\'enic turbulence is a promising candidate to solve the solar wind heating problem. Extensive studies examined the kinetic properties of Alfv\'en waves in simple Maxwellian or bi-Maxwellian…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-12 Yuguang Tong , Stuart D. Bale , Christopher H. K. Chen , Chadi S. Salem , Daniel Verscharen

The equation for temporary evolution of spectral energy of collisionless Alfven waves is derived in framework of weak turbulence theory. The main nonlinear processes for such conditions are induced scattering and two quantum absorption of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 V. N. Zirakashvili

We investigate the behaviour of nonlinear, nonideal Alfv\'en wave propagation within an inhomogeneous magnetic environment. The governing MHD equations are solved in 1D and 2D using both analytical techniques and numerical simulations. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-18 J. A. McLaughlin , I. De Moortel , A. W. Hood

We study the amplitude modulation of nonlinear kinetic Alfv{\'e}n waves (KAWs) in an intermediate low-beta magnetoplasma. Starting from a set of fluid equations coupled to the Maxwell's equations, we derive a coupled set of nonlinear…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 D. Chatterjee , A. P. Misra

The propagation of nonlinear electron- acoustic waves (EAWs) in an unmagnetized collision- less plasma system consisting of a cold electron fluid, superthermal hot electrons and stationary ions is investigated. A reductive perturbation…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 H. Chen , S. Q. Liu

The nonlinear collisional dynamics of coupled driven plasma waves in the presence of background dissipation is studied analytically within kinetic theory. Sufficiently near marginal stability, phase space correlations are poorly preserved…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2023-05-18 N. M. Pham , V. N. Duarte

A nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLSE) has been derived by employing reductive perturbation method for investigating the modulational instability of dust-ion-acoustic waves (DIAWs) in a four-component plasma having stationary…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-02-24 S. Banik , R. K. Shikha , A. A. Noman , N. A. Chowdhury , A. Mannan , T. S. Roy , A. A. Mamun

In this paper we consider nonlinear interaction between gravitational and electromagnetic waves in a strongly magnetized plasma. More specifically, we investigate the propagation of gravitational waves with the direction of propagation…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-16 A. Källberg , G. Brodin , M. Bradley

Large-amplitude Alfv\'en waves are ubiquitous in space plasmas and a main component of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the heliosphere. As pump waves they are prone to parametric instability by which they can generate cyclotron and…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2012-01-16 Eckart Marsch , Daniel Verscharen

A rigorous and most general covariant kinetic formalism is developed to study the nonlinear waves interaction in relativistic Vlasov plasmas. The typical nonlinear plasma reaction is a nonlinear current measured by the nonlinear plasma…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Lazar , R. Schlickeiser

Discrete solitons in the Ablowitz-Ladik (AL) and discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) equations with damping and strong rapid drive are investigated. The averaged equations have the forms of the parametric AL and DNLS equations. A new…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-26 Josselin Garnier , Fatkhulla Abdullaev , Mario Salerno

A new description of the dynamics of warped accretion discs is presented. A theory of fully nonlinear, slowly varying bending waves is developed, involving a proper treatment of viscous fluid dynamics but neglecting self-gravitation. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. I. Ogilvie

We present an one-dimensional numerical study of Alfven waves propagating along a radial magnetic field. Neglecting losses, any spherical Alfven wave, no matter how small its initial amplitude is, becomes nonlinear at sufficiently large…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Ulf Torkelsson , G. Christopher Boynton

The linear and nonlinear theories of electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) are studied in a partially degenerate quantum plasma with two-temperature electrons and stationary ions. The initial equilibrium of electrons is assumed to be given by the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-11-03 Amar P. Misra , Debjani Chatterjee , Gert Brodin

Nonlinear losses accompanying Kerr self-focusing substantially impacts the dynamic balance of diffraction and nonlinearity, permitting the existence of localized and stationary solutions of the 2D+1 nonlinear Schrodinger equation which are…

Using a two-fluid approach, we consider the properties of relativistically nonlinear (arbitrary $a_0$), circularly polarized \EM\ waves propagating along magnetic field in electron-ion and pair plasmas. Dispersion relations depend on how…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-15 Maxim Lyutikov

The coupled cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger (CNLS) equations are used to study modulational instabilities of a pair of nonlinearly interacting two-dimensional waves in deep water. It has been shown that the full dynamics of these interacting…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-11-15 Harihar Khanal , Stefan C. Mancas , Shahrdad Sajjadi

We prove nonlinear modulational instability for both periodic and localized perturbations of periodic traveling waves for several dispersive PDEs, including the KDV type equations (e.g. the Whitham equation, the generalized KDV equation,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-26 Jiayin Jin , Shasha Liao , Zhiwu Lin