Investigation of Shock Waves in Nonextensive Electron–Positron–Ion Plasma with Relativistic Ions

Abstract

Nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic (IA) shock wave in a nonextensive and relativistic plasma is investigated by deriving space fractional Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers (SFKB) equation. This unmagnetized and collisionless plasma contains relativistic thermal ions, q-distributed electrons, and positrons. A modified tanh-function method is presented to solve the obtained SFKB equation taking space fractional and relativistic parameters, electrons nonextensivity, positrons nonextensivity, and electron-to-positron temperature ratio. It is observed that the structure of the IA shock wave can be modified by space fractional parameters. On the other hand, the IA shock wave shape can be modulated using the space fractional parameter. Our results can help understand the astrophysical environments such as pulsar magnetospheres, quasars, and collimated jets.