학술논문

Dust-ion-acoustic Gardner double layers in a dusty plasma with two-temperature electrons.
Document Type
Article
Source
Pramana: Journal of Physics. Jan2015, Vol. 84 Issue 1, p137-144. 8p.
Subject
*PLASMA-particle interactions
*THERMAL properties
*POSITRONS
*ELECTRONS
*BOLTZMANN factor
Language
ISSN
0304-4289
Abstract
The properties of dust-ion-acoustic Gardner double layers (DIA GDLs) in an unmagnetized dusty plasma, whose constituents are negatively-charged stationary dust, inertial ions, and Boltzmann electrons of two distinct temperatures, are rigorously investigated by employing the reductive perturbation method: Gardner approach. The standard Gardner equation is derived, and its double layer (DL) solution is obtained. It has been shown that the properties of the DIA GDLs are significantly modified by some plasma parameters (viz. σ= T/ T, μ= n/ n, and μ= n/ n, where T ( T) is the cold (hot) electron temperature, n ( n) is the cold (hot) electron number density at equilibrium, and n is the ion number density at equilibrium). The implications of our investigation in understanding the basic features of nonlinear electrostatic perturbations observed in many space plasma systems and laboratory devices are briefly discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]