Nonlinear ion waves in Fermi-Dirac pair plasmas

TL;DR

This paper investigates nonlinear ion waves in relativistically degenerate Fermi-Dirac plasmas, revealing how electron degeneracy and positron concentration influence wave propagation, with implications for astrophysical objects like white dwarfs.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of nonlinear ion waves in relativistic Fermi-Dirac plasmas using the Sagdeev pseudo-potential method, extending previous models to include relativistic effects.

Findings

Relativistic degeneracy significantly affects wave existence and properties.

Positron concentration alters the range of permissible wave speeds.

Results align with earlier semiclassical models, validating the approach.

Abstract

Arbitrary amplitude nonlinear ion waves is investigated in an extremely degenerate electron-positron-ion plasma with relativistic electrons/positrons and dynamic cold ions using Sagdeev pseudo-potential method in framework of quantum hydrodynamics model. The matching criteria of existence for ion solitary as well as periodic nonlinear excitations is studied numerically in terms of the relativistic degeneracy parameter, relative positron concentration and the relativistic normalized propagation-speed range of these waves are obtained. It is remarked that the electron relativistic degeneracy and relative positron concentration in such plasmas have significant effects on nonlinear wave propagations in relativistically degenerate Fermi-Dirac plasma. Our results are in good agreement with the previously reported ones obtained using semiclassical Thomas-Fermi approximation in dense plasmas with non-relativistic and ultra-relativistic electrons and positrons. Current findings can be appropriate for the study of astrophysical superdense compact objects such as white dwarfs.