Abstract
A theoretical investigation is carried out for nonlinear electrostatic Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H) shock waves in a magnetized electron-positron-ion viscous plasma in the presence of transport equations and non-Maxwellian particles by following the generalized (r, q) distribution function. The propagation of electrostatic K-H modes are studied both in the presence of trapped and free electrons. The nonlinear analysis with inclusion of plasma transport properties (magnetic viscosity and heat conduction) lead to nonlinear electrostatic K-H mode in the form of shock like waves by solving the modified Burgers’ equation. The electrostatic K-H shocks are investigated numerically with effect of different plasma parameters such as shear velocity and non-Maxwellian distributed particles. It is observed that the striking features (viz., amplitude and width of dissipative shock through the solution of Burgers’ equation) of the K-H mode are significantly modified by the effects of non-thermality of electrons and positrons both at shoulder and tails along with shear velocity due to viscosity. The relevancy of our work to the observations in space (viz., cometary comae and earth’s ionosphere), astrophysical (viz., pulsars) and laboratory (viz., solid-high intense laser plasma interaction experiments) plasmas is highlighted.
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