Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2010-12-06
Physics of Plasmas 18, 042308 (2011)
Physics
Plasma Physics
11 pages, 7 figures; Revised version to appear in Physics of Plasmas (April issue, 2011)
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3574752
We consider the nonlinear propagation of electrostatic wave packets in an ultra-relativistic (UR) degenerate dense electron-ion plasma, whose dynamics is governed by the nonlocal two-dimensional nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger-like equations. The coupled set of equations are then used to study the modulational instability (MI) of a uniform wave train to an infinitesimal perturbation of multi-dimensional form. The condition for the MI is obtained, and it is shown that the nondimensional parameter, $\beta\propto\lambda_C n_0^{1/3}$ (where $\lambda_C$ is the reduced Compton wavelength and $n_0$ is the particle number density), associated with the UR pressure of degenerate electrons, shifts the stable (unstable) regions at $n_{0}\sim10^{30}$ cm$^{-3}$ to unstable (stable) ones at higher densities, i.e. $n_{0}\gtrsim7\times10^{33}$. It is also found that {the} higher the values of $n_{0}$, the lower is the growth rate of MI with cut-offs at lower wave numbers of modulation. Furthermore, the dynamical evolution of the wave packets is studied numerically. We show that either they disperse away or they blowup in a finite time, when the wave action is below or above the threshold. The results could be useful for understanding the properties of modulated wave packets and their multi-dimensional evolution in UR degenerate dense plasmas, such as those in the interior of white dwarfs {and/or} pre-Supernova stars.
Kant Shukla Padma
Misra Amar P.
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