Dynamics of the positron acoustic waves in electron–positron–ion magnetoplasmas

Abstract

Dynamics of the positron acoustic waves in electron–positron–ion (e–p–i) magnetoplasmas with \(\kappa \)-distributed hot electrons and positrons is investigated in the frameworks of the Kadomtsev–Petviashili (KP) and modified Kadomtsev–Petviashili (mKP) equations. Employing the reductive perturbation technique, the KP and mKP equations are derived. Using the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems, the positron acoustic solitary wave solutions, the kink and anti-kink wave solutions are obtained. Considering an external periodic perturbation in the electron–positron–ion magnetoplasmas, the perturbed KP and mKP equations are studied via some qualitative and quantitative approaches. To corroborate in the fact that the perturbed KP and mKP equations can indeed give rise to the quasiperiodic and chaotic motions, the phase plane plots, time series plots, and the Poincare section are used. The quasiperiodic and developed chaos can be observed for the perturbed positron acoustic waves. The frequency (\(\omega \)) of the external periodic perturbation plays the role of the switching parameter in chaotic motions of the perturbed positron acoustic waves through quasiperiodic route to chaos. This work can be useful to understand the dynamics of nonlinear electromagnetic perturbations in space and laboratory plasmas consisting of \(\kappa \)-distributed hot electrons and positrons.