Analytical model for dissipative shocks in pair plasmas under the combined effect of collisionality and kinematic viscosity

I. S. Elkamash, I. Kourakis

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Abstract

An analytical model is introduced for shock excitations in pair plasmas, taking into account collisionality and kinematic (fluid) viscosity. The description embraces pair-ion (e.g. fullerene) plasmas, in the presence of a third component (electrons, dust), but also electron-positron plasmas (disregarding annihilation, for simplicity). A hybrid Korteweg de Vries/Burgers equation (KdV-B) is derived, and the effect of relevant plasma configuration parameters, in addition to dissipation, is investigated.

Original languageBritish English
StatePublished - 2016
Event43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2016 - Leuven, Belgium
Duration: 4 Jul 20168 Jul 2016

Conference

Conference43rd European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, EPS 2016
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityLeuven
Period4/07/168/07/16

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