2021/03/29 by Sharmin Jahan, Tanu Shree Roy, Jahan, S. +9
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #FOS: Physical sciences #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2103.15863
openalex publication_date 2021/03/29 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A theoretical investigation has been carried out to examine the ion-acoustic shock waves (IASHWs) in a magnetized degenerate quantum plasma system containing inertialess ultra-relativistically degenerate electrons, and inertial non-relativistic positively charged heavy and light ions. The Burgers' equation is derived by employing reductive perturbation method. It can be seen that under consideration of non-relativistic positively charged heavy and light ions, the plasma model supports only positive electrostatic shock structure. It is also observed that the charge state and number density of the non-relativistic heavy and light ions enhance the amplitude of IASHWs, and the steepness of the shock profile is decreased with ion kinematic viscosity (η). The findings of our present investigation will be helpful in understanding the nonlinear propagation of IASHWs in white dwarfs and neutron stars.