Bifurcation analysis of electron-acoustic waves in electron beam-plasma with suprathermal electrons

Abstract

It has investigated the properties of nonlinear electron-acoustic waves propagating in a four-component collisionless, unmagnetized plasma. The system consists of cool inertial background electrons of temperature T c , the cool inertial electron beam of temperature T b , hot inertialess suprathermal electrons modeled by a κ-distribution of temperature T h , and ions. The nonlinear modified Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers (mKdV-Burgers) equation that characterizes the electron acoustic waves in such a plasma model is derived. The wave solutions of the resultant mKdV-Burgers equation are investigated using planar dynamical system bifurcation theory. The unperturbed hot, cool, and beam electron densities and the superthermal electron parameter are revealed to have a considerable influence on the nonlinear electron-acoustic traveling waves and the associated electric fields. The system evolves also monotonic shock waves when the dissipation term dominates over the dispersion term. The current model might be useful for understanding the generation of nonlinear electron-acoustic waves in a variety of astrophysical plasma settings, including the Earth's magnetosphere.