Double layers and solitary structures in electron-positron-ion plasma with Kappa distributed trapped electrons

Abstract

The effect of electron trapping in an electron-positron-ion plasma is modeled with κ-distributed electrons. The trapped electron number density is truncated to some finite order of the electrostatic potential Φ. Small amplitude solitary structures with Sagdeev potential approach and reductive perturbation method (through Schamel equation) are found to be modified under the impact of superthermality index κ and trapping efficiency β. A modified Schamel equation which gives rise to the small amplitude double layers (SIADLs) is obtained. The role of various plasma parameters in particular, the superthermality index, the positron concentration, and the electron trapping efficiency on the small amplitude ion acoustic double layers (SIADLs) has been investigated. It can be inferred from this investigation that these parameters play modifying character in the formation of nonlinear structures like solitary waves and SIADLs in e–p–i plasma.