Electron-acoustic supernonlinear waves and their multistability in the framework of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Alireza Abdikian, Jharna Tamang, Asit Saha
Abstract
Abstract Finite-amplitude supernonlinear electron-acoustic waves (EAWs) are investigated under the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation in a plasma system that is composed of cold electron fluid, immobile ions and q -nonextensive hot electrons. Using the wave transfiguration, the NLS equation is deduced in a dynamical system. The presence of finite-amplitude nonlinear and supernonlinear EAWs is shown by phase plane analysis. The effects of the nonextensive parameter ( q ) and the speed of waves ( v ) on different traveling wave solutions of EAWs are presented. Furthermore, by introducing a small external periodic force in the dynamical system, multistability behaviors of EAWs under the NLS equation are shown for the first time in classical plasmas.