Author(s)

Manesh Michael¹, Sreekala Gopinathan¹, Sijo Sebastian¹, Neethu T. Willington², Anu Varghese¹, Renuka Gangadharan³, Chandu Venugopal^1*

¹School of Pure & Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
²Department of Physics, C. M. S. College, Kottayam, India.
³Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment, Sasthra Bhavan, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram, India.

We investigate the existence of Ion-Acoustic solitary/shock waves in a five component cometary plasma consisting of positively and negatively charged oxygen ions, kappa described hydrogen ions, hot electrons and cold electrons. The KPB equation is derived for the system; its solution is plotted for different kappa values, as well as for the temperature ratios of ions. It is found that the amplitude of solitary structure increases with increasing kappa values and negatively charged oxygen ion densities. As the temperature of the positively charged oxygen ions increases, the amplitude of solitary wave also increases. We have also studied the dependence of coefficients of the KPB equation on physical parameters relevant to comet Halley.

Cometary Multi-Ion Plasma, Ion-Acoustic Solitary Wave, Shock Wave, KPB Equation

Michael, M. , Gopinathan, S. , Sebastian, S. , Willington, N. , Varghese, A. , Gangadharan, R. and Venugopal, C. (2015) Kadomstev-Petviashvilli-Burgers (KPB) Equation in a Five Component Cometary Plasma with Kappa Described Electrons and Ions. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 3, 1431-1442. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2015.311171.