Two-component description of dynamical systems that can be approximated by solitons: The case of the ion acoustic wave equations of Plasma Physics

Details Two-component description of dynamical systems that can be approximated by solitons: The case of the ion acoustic wave equations of Plasma Physics Two-component description of dynamical systems that can be approximated by solitons: The case of the ion acoustic wave equations of Plasma Physics

2008-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/0811.0585v1

Physica D 238 (2009) 1274?1287

Nonlinear Sciences

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

34 pages, figures included

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A new approach to the perturbative analysis of dynamical systems, which can be described approximately by soliton solutions of integrable nonlinear wave equations, is employed in the case of small-amplitude solutions of the ion acoustic wave equations of Plasma Physics. Instead of the traditional derivation of a perturbed KdV equation, the ion velocity is written as a sum of two components: elastic and inelastic. In the single-soliton case, the elastic component is the full solution. In the multiple-soliton case, it is complemented by the inelastic component. The original system is transformed into two evolution equations: An asymptotically integrable Normal Form for ordinary KdV solitons, and an equation for the inelastic component. The zero-order term of the elastic component is a single- or multiple-soliton-solution of the Normal Form. The inelastic component asymptotes into a linear combination of single-soliton solutions of the Normal Form, with amplitudes determined by soliton interactions, plus a second-order decaying dispersive wave. Satisfaction of a conservation law by the inelastic component and of mass conservation by the disturbance to the ion density is determined solely by the initial data and/or boundary conditions imposed on the inelastic component. The electrostatic potential is a first-order quantity. It is affected by the inelastic component only in second-order. The charge density displays a triple-layer structure. The analysis is carried out through third order.

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