Nonlinear Propagation of Positron-Acoustic Periodic Travelling Waves in a Magnetoplasma with Superthermal Electrons and Positrons

The nonlinear propagation of positron acoustic periodic （PAP） travelling waves in a magnetoplasma composed of dynamic cold positrons, superthermal kappa distributed hot positrons and electrons, and stationary positive ions is examined. The reductive perturbation technique is employed to derive a nonlinear Zakharov Kuznetsov equation that governs the essential features of nonlinear PAP travelling waves. Moreover, the bifurcation theory is used to investigate the propagation of nonlinear PAP periodic travelling wave solutions. It is found that kappa distributed hot positrons and electrons provide only the possibility of existence of nonlinear compressive PAP travelling waves. It is observed that the superthermality of hot positrons, the concentrations of superthermal electrons and positrons, the positron cyclotron frequency, the direction cosines of wave vector k along the z-axis, and the concentration of ions play pivotal roles in the nonlinear propagation of PAP travelling waves. Tile present investigation may be used to understand the formation of PAP structures in the space and laboratory plasmas with superthermal hot positrons and electrons.

Stable Propagating Waves and Wake Fields in Relativistic Electromagnetic Plasma

Stable propagating waves and wake fields in relativistic electromagnetic plasma are investigated. The incident electromagnetic field has a finite initial constant amplitude meanwhile the longitudinal momentum of electrons is taken into account in the problem. It is found that in the moving frame with transverse wave group velocity the stable propagating transverse electromagnetic waves and longitudinal plasma wake fields can exist in the appropriate regime of plasma.

Numerical simulation of nonlinear propagation of sound waves in a finite horn

Nonlinear acoustic propagation generated by a piston in a finite horn is numerically studied. A quasi-one-dimensional nonlinear model with varying cross-section uses high-order low-dispersion numerical schemes to solve the governing equation. Because of the nonlinear wave distortion and reflected sound waves at the mouth, broadband time-domain impedance boundary conditions are employed. The impedance approximation can be optimized to identify the complex-conjugate pole-residue pairs of the impedance functions, which can be calculated by fast and efficient recursive convolution. The numerical results agree very well with experi- mental data in the situations of weak nonlinear wave propagation in an exponential horn, it is shown that the model can describe the broadband characteristics caused by nonlinear distortion. Moreover, finite-amplitude acoustic propagation in types of horns is simulated, including hyperbolic, conical, exponential and sinusoidal horns. It is found that sound pressure levels at the horn mouth are strongly affected by the horn profiles, the driving velocity and frequency of the piston. The paper also discusses the influence of the horn geometry on nonlinear waveform distortion.