Transcritical bifurcation of nonlinear electrostatic waves in a superthermal dusty plasma

Abstract

The phase portraits and bifurcation properties of nonlinear dust ion-acoustic waves are studied in a complex plasma comprising cold dust particles, warm adiabatic ions, and κ-distributed electrons. A characteristic equation is obtained and solved numerically. The existence domain of fixed points and the stability of traveling wave solutions are discussed in the parameter space of Mach number M and dust concentration δ over a wide range of values of κ and ion temperature σ. It is shown that the motion dynamics of homoclinic orbits and nonlinear periodic orbits undergo a transcritical bifurcation at critical points of and , where two fixed points coalesce, and then switch their stabilities. We observe that at these bifurcation values with half-stable fixed points, the system supports a new analytical solitary wave solutions with much fatter tails than regular solitons. Furthermore, the existence domain of transcritical bifurcation parameters and transition between solitary and nonlinear periodic waves has been determined for different values of M and δ. It is found that the Mach number broadens the region prior to the bifurcation point, and enhances the onset of transition between modes, while the dust concentration has an opposite influence.