Kadomstev-Petviashvili solitons in quantum plasmas

Abstract

The propagation of nonlinear waves in a quantum plasma is studied. A quantum magnetohydrodynamic (QHD) model is used to take into account the effects of quantum force associated with the Bohm potential. Using the standard reductive perturbation technique, nonlinear Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation is obtained to study the properties of ion acoustic waves (IAWs). For such waves the amplitude of the solitary waves is independent of the quantum parameter H (the ratio of the electron plasmon to electron Fermi energy), whereas the width and energy of the soliton increases with H.