Two‐dimensional drift solitary structures in inhomogeneous magnetized OH ion plasmas with generalized (r, q) distributed electrons

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper, the effect of generalized (r, q) distributed electrons on the linear and nonlinear coupling of drift and ion acoustic waves in a nonuniform plasma containing Hydrogen and Oxygen ions is investigated. In the linear regime, it is observed that increasing the percentage of flat‐topped (i.e. r > 0) electrons enhances the frequency of the coupled drift‐ion acoustic waves, whereas the increasing values of the spectral index q mitigates it. In the nonlinear regime, one‐ and two‐dimensional Korteweg de Vries‐like and Kadomtsev‐Petviashvili‐like equations are derived and their solutions are plotted for different ratios of ion number densities and for different values of double spectral indices r and q of the generalized distribution of electrons. It is found that only rarefactive structures exist for two‐dimensional solitons, however, both rarefactive and compressive structures are observed for the one‐dimensional case. The limiting cases of kappa and Maxwellian distributions are also discussed and their comparison with the generalized (r, q) distribution is thoroughly investigated. Spatial scales for the formation of rarefactive and compressive solitary structures are also discussed with reference to the changing electron distribution functions. The possible applications of the present study are also spelled out with special reference to space plasmas.