Large amplitude Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves in a relativistic two-fluid plasma

Abstract

Large amplitude Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves in a weakly relativistic two-fluid plasma are analyzed by the pseudopotential method. The existence conditions for relativistic nonlinear Langmuir waves depend on the relativistic effect, the particular energy, and the ion mass to electron mass ratio. The allowable range of the normalized potential depends on the relativistic effect. It is shown that the Mach number has the significant effect for the formation of relativistic nonlinear ion-acoustic waves rather than the ratio of the ion-acoustic velocity to the velocity of light. The allowable range of the normalized potential depends on the Mach number. The present investigation predicts new findings of relativistic nonlinear Langmuir and ion-acoustic waves in plasmas in which high-speed electrons and ions coexist.