Abstract
Nucleus-acoustic (NA) shock structures (SSs) are formed in a strongly coupled self-gravitating degenerate quantum plasma (SCSGDQP) system (e.g., white dwarfs) for the first time. The reductive perturbation method has been employed to identify the basic features of small, but finite amplitude NA SSs. The SCSGDQP is assumed to be composed of strongly coupled non-degenerate heavy nuclei, weakly coupled degenerate light nuclei, and non-relativistically and ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons. It is shown for the first time that the strong correlation among heavy nuclei acts as a source of dissipation and is responsible for the formation of the NA SSs, and that the NA SSs exist with positive (negative) electrostatic (self-gravitational) potential. It also observed that the effects of ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons and of the dynamics and degenerate pressure of light nuclei significantly modify the basic features (viz., speed, amplitude, and width) of the NA SSs. The implications of our results to the astrophysical compact objects like white dwarfs are briefly discussed.
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