Ion-acoustic solitary waves in a positron beam plasma with electron trapping and nonextensivity effects

Abstract

Ion-acoustic solitary waves (IASWs) are investigated in a plasma having a cold positron beam fluid, electrons following a vortex-like distribution with entropic index q, and dynamic ions. Using a standard procedure, a pseudo-potential energy equation is derived. The presence of nonextensive q- distributed trapped electrons and cold positron beam has been shown to influence the small amplitude soliton structure quite significantly. From the analysis of our results, it is shown that compressive IASWs are supported in this plasma model. As the real plasma situations are observed with plasma species having a relative flow, our present analysis should be beneficial for comprehending the electrostatic solitary structures observed in fusion plasma devices and positron winds observed in astrophysical plasmas.