Planar and nonplanar nucleus-acoustic solitary waves in thermally degenerate multi-nucleus plasma systems

TL;DR

This paper investigates how various physical effects influence the properties of nucleus-acoustic solitary waves in a novel thermally degenerate plasma model relevant to astrophysical and space environments.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive thermally degenerate plasma model and analyzes the impact of geometry, degeneracy, and pressure effects on solitary wave characteristics.

Findings

Geometry significantly affects wave speed and amplitude.

Degeneracy type alters the width and stability of solitary waves.

Pressure effects modify the propagation features of nucleus-acoustic waves.

Abstract

The novel thermally degenerate plasma model (based on a system containing relativistically and thermally degenerate inertial-less electron species, non-relativistically and thermally degenerate inertial light nucleus species, and stationary heavy nucleus species) is considered. The basic features of planar and nonplanar solitary structures associated with the thermally degenerate pressure driven nucleus-acoustic waves propagating in such a thermally degenerate plasma system has been investigated. The reductive perturbation method, which is valid for small amplitude solitary waves, is used. It is found that the effects of nonplanar cylindrical and spherical geometries, non and ultra-relativistically degenerate electron species, thermal and degenerate pressures of electron and light nucleus species, and number densities of light and heavy nucleus species significantly modify the basic features (viz. speed, amplitude, and width) of the solitary potential structures associated with thermally degenerate pressure driven nucleus-acoustic waves. The degenerate plasma model under consideration is so general and realistic that it is applicable not only in astrophysical compact objects like hot white dwarfs, but also in space plasma systems like mesospheres containing positively charged heavy particles in addition to electron and ion plasma species.