Linear and nonlinear excitations in warm dense matter

Abstract

Small and large amplitude linear and nonlinear ion acoustic and Langmuir waves are investigated for plasma with the generalized equation of state (EoS). This EoS covers a wide range of energy-density conditions from dilute classical regime up to the relativistically degenerate matter. Investigation shows that the linear dispersion and localized excitations of ion acoustic waves are significantly affected by the plasma parameters. It is also found that the criterion for ordinary soliton existence is significantly different for fully degenerate and nondegenerate plasma regimes with given electron temperature. In the nondegenerate regime, bright solitons form only for Mach numbers above a critical value which is only a function of the fluid temperature.