| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1764367 | Advances in Space Research | 2013 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The properties of cylindrical and spherical electron acoustic shock waves (EASWs) in an unmagnetized plasma consisting of cold electrons, immobile ions and Boltzmann distributed hot electrons are investigated by employing the reductive perturbation method. A Korteweg-de Vries Burgers (KdVB) equation is derived and its numerical solution is obtained. The effects of several parameters and ion kinematic viscosity on the basic features of EA shock waves are discussed in nonplanar geometry. It is found that nonplanar EA shock waves behave quite differently from their one-dimensional planar counterpart.
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Authors
Biswajit Sahu, Mouloud Tribeche,