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Abstract—Using the quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model the
nonlinear properties of ion-acoustic waves in are lativistically
degenerate quantum plasma is investigated by deriving a nonlinear
Spherical Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (SKP) equation using the standard
reductive perturbation method equation. It was found that the
electron degeneracy parameter significantly affects the linear and
nonlinear properties of ion-acoustic waves in quantum plasma.
Keywords—Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, Ion-acoustic
Waves, Relativistic Degeneracy, Quantum Plasma, Quantum
Hydrodynamic Model.
I. INTRODUCTION
HEinvestigation of ultra-dense matter has been carried out
quite extensively and intensively in the recent years. Such
matter is found in metal nanostructures, neutron stars, white
dwarfs and other astronomical bodies as well as in laser
plasma interaction experiments. In such situations the average
inter-fermionic distance is comparable or even less than the
thermal de Broglie wavelength and as a result the quantum
degeneracy becomes important. In such extreme conditions of
density the thermal pressure of electrons may be negligible as
compared to the Fermi degeneracy pressure which arises due
to the Pauli Exclusion Principle. However in this case the
quantum effect can’t be neglected and proper mathematical
modelling becomes necessary. Such quantum effects are
generally studied with the help of two well-known
formulations, the Wigner-poisson and the Schrodinger
Poisson formulation. The former one studies the quantum
kinetic behavior of plasmas while the latter describes the
hydrodynamic behaviour of plasma waves. The quantum
hydrodynamic (QHD) model is derived by taking the velocity
space moments of the Wigner equations. The QHD model
modifies the clasical fluid model for plasmas with the
inclusion of a quantum correction term generally known as the
Bohm potential. The model also incorporates the quantum
Swarniv Chandra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics,
Techno India University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700091, India (e-mail:
swarniv147@gmail.com).
Sibarjun Das and Apratim Jash are final year BE students in the
Department of FTBE, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700032,
India (e-mail: shiv.jojo4@gmail.com, apratim1994@gmail.com).
Agniv Chandra is a BTech student of Computer Science and Engineering,
Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal-
700074, India (e-mail: boobkaa1@gmail.com).
Basudev Ghosh is an Associate Professor with the Department of Physics,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700032, India (e-mail:
bsdvghosh@gmail.com).
S. Chandra would like to thank CSIR, Govt of India for providing research
fellowship to carry out the work.
statistical effect through the equation of state. The model has
been widely used to study quantum behaviour of plasma. A
survey of the available literature [1]-[17] shows that most of
the works done in quantum plasma in order to study the
nonlinear behaviour of different plasma waves uses non
relativistic case or with weakly relativistic approximation. The
matter in some compact astrophysical objects (e.g. white
dwarfs, neutron stars, magnetars etc.) exists in extreme
conditions of density. In such situations the average inter-
Fermionic distance is comparable to or less than the thermal
de Broglie wavelength and hence quantum degeneracy effects
become important. At extreme high densities the thermal
pressure of electrons may be negligible as compared to the
Fermi degeneracy pressure which arises due to implications of
Pauli’s exclusion principle. In such extreme conditions of
density the electron Fermi energy EFe[  
3 22 2
3 2e en m  ] may
become comparable to the electron rest mass energy (mec2
)
and the electron speed can approach the speed of light (c) in
vacuum. So the plasma in the interior of such compact
astrophysical objects is both degenerate and relativistic. Such
a plasma is also likely to be produced in the next generation
laser based plasma compression schemes. Under such
conditions quantum and relativistic effects are unavoidable.
Recent reviews of quantum plasma physics are carried out by
[18] as well as by [19]. However regarding the ion-acoustic
waves in degenerate quantum plasmas only a few works have
been reported. Misra et al. [20] have investigated the
modulational instability of EAWs in non-relativistic quantum
plasma consisting of two distinct groups of electrons and
immobile ions. The propagation of electron-acoustic solitary
waves in a two-electron temperature quantum magnetoplasma
has also been reported [21]. All these works use quantum
hydrodynamic models and consider only the non-relativistic
cases. But in extreme conditions of density such as in a typical
white dwarf where the electron number density can be as high
as 1028
cm-3
the degeneracy can be relativistic and both
quantum and relativistic effects should be taken into account.
Recent investigations indicate that such quantum-relativistic
plasmas can support solitary structures at different length
scale of excitation [22], [23]. The nonlinear propagation of
ion-acoustic waves in relativistically degenerate quantum
plasma has been studied by a few authors [24],[25]. Very
recently we have investigated the solitary excitations of
EAWs in a two electron populated relativistically degenerate
super-dense plasma and shown that relativistic degeneracy
significantly influences the conditions of formation and
properties of solitary structures [26], [27]. To the best of our
Swarniv Chandra, Sibarjun Das, Agniv Chandra, Basudev Ghosh, Apratim Jash
Nonplanar Ion-acoustic Waves in a
Relativistically Degenerate Quantum Plasma
T
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knowledge no investigation has been made for the non-planar
wave propagation of ion-acoustic waves in degenerate
quantum plasmas including relativistic effects. The motivation
of the present paper is to investigate the solitary structures of
IAWs in relativistically degenerate dense quantum plasma by
applying Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation.
II. BASIC FORMULATION AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS
We consider a two-species quantum plasma system
comprised of electrons and ions. We also first take the
pressures for both electrons and ions via the so called fluid
pressure equations. The governing equations are
.(n ) 0,
n
v
t

 

  

(1)
22
2
. ( ),
2
nv p q h
v v
t m n m m n
  
 
    

 
       


  (2)
. ( . ) 0,
p
v p p v
t

    

    

  (3)
2
.4 q n     
(4)
Here, p
is the relativistic degeneracy pressure in dense
plasma given by [28]
 4 5 3 2 2 1
3 (2 3) 1 3sinheP m c h R R R R        
 
(5)
in which
11
3 3 3 33
03 8F e eR p m c h n m c R n        
(6)
where  
1 3
0 0 0R n n  with 3 3 3 29 3
0 8 3 5.9 10en m c h cm 
   , ‘c’
being the speed of light in vacuum. Fp 
is the electron Fermi
relativistic momentum. It is to be noted that in the limits of
very small and very large values of relativity parameter Rα, we
obtain:
2
52
3
3
1 3
20 e
h
P n
m
 

 
  
 
(For Rα→0) (7)
1
4
3
3
1 3
8
P hcn 

 
  
 
(For Rα →∞) (8)
Here, , ,n v q  

are the density, mass, velocity and charge for
the α-species particle respectively with α=e for electrons and
for ions ( , )e iq e q e   . Also ( )e ip is the electron (ion)
pressure, is the Reduced Plank’s constant divided by 2π.
Now using the following suitable normalizations, i.e.
,
,
0 0
( , , ) ( , , ), , ,
t w ,
pi
s s
e i
pi e i
B Fe B F
w v
x y z x y z v
c c
npe
t p n
k T n k T n





 




  
   
(9)
in which 0 0 0;Te i Fn n n   is the α-particle Fermi temperature,
φ is the electrostatic potential s B Fe ic k T m is the ion-sound
speed and 2
04p n e m   is the particle plasma frequency, and
choosing the coordinates (r, θ, t), Now considering the fact
that 2
11 RP
n x x


 

 
the basic (1)-(4) can be written in the
following normalized form:
2
2
1 1
( ) ( ) cot 0
n n u
r n u n u
t r r r r
  
    

  
   
  
(10)
22 2
1
2
ee e e e e e
e
e e
nu u v u v p H
u m
t r r r r n r r n


      
        
          
(11)
22
1 1
2
e e e e e e
e
ee
e e
v v v v u v
u
t r r r
np H
m
r n r r n


  
  
   
  
   
    
       
(12)
22
1
2
i i i i i i
i
ei
i e
v v v v u v
u
t r r r
np H
r n r mr n

 
  
  
   
  
  
    
     
(13)
2 1
cot 0
p p v p
u
t r r
u u v v
p
r r r r
   

   
 

 

  
  
  
  
    
  
(14)
2
2
2 2 2 2
1 1 cot
e ir n n
r r r r r
   
 
    
    
    
(15)
where, ,vu 
are the velocity components of α-species
particles in the radial (r) and polar angle (θ) direction,
T ,m ,Fi Fe i e pe B FeT m m H w k T     is the non-dimensional
quantum parameter.
III. DERIVATION OF THE KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATION
In order to investigate the propagation of ion-acoustic (IA)
waves in the quantum plasmas, we employ the standard
reductive perturbation technique to obtain the Kadomtsev-
Petviashvili equation (SKPE). The independent variables are
stretched as 1 2 1 2 3 2
0( ), ,r v t t      
    and the
dependent variables are expanded as:
2
1 21 ..............n n n       (16)
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1 21 ..............u u u       (17)
3 2 5 2
1 21 ..............v v v       (18)
2 3
1 2 31 ..............         (19)
2
1 21 ..............p p p       (20)
where α=e for electrons and I for ions.
Now, substituting (20) in (10)-(15) and collecting the terms
in different powers of ε, we obtain in the lowest order of ε as
1 1 12
0
e e
e
m
n a
m v
 

 

(21)
1 1 12
0
1
i i
i
n a
v
 

 

(22)
0
1 1 12
0
e e
e
mv
u b
m v
 

 

(23)
0
1 1 12
0
ui i
i
v
b
v
 

 

(24)
1 1 12
0
e
e e
e
Fm
p c
Fm v

 

 

(25)
1 1 12
0
p i
i i
i
c
v

 

 

(26)
1 1
2
0
,
( )
e
e
v m
m v
 
   


(27)
1 1
2
0
1
,
( )
i
i
v
v
 
   


(28)
and,
0 ( ) (1 )e iv m m     (29)
where   2 2
0 03 1F R R    is the term arising from
relativistic pressure in weakly relativistic case, whereas for
ultra-relativistic case 0 3F R  where 2
2e B Fem c k T  .
Equation (29) shows that the wave can propagate outward or
inward depending on the consideration of the sign. For the
next higher order in ε we obtain
1 2 2
0 1 1
1
1 1
0 0
( )
1 1 1
(2 ) 0,
e e e
e e
e
e e
n n u
v n u
v
u v
v v
   
   
   
  
   

   

(30)
1 2 2
0 1 1
1
1
0 0
( )
1 1 1
(2 ) 0,
i i i
i i
i
i i
n n u
v n u
v
u v
v v
   
   
   
  
   

   

(31)
1 2 1
0 1
32
1 2 12
1 3
( ) m ,
4
e e e
e
e e e
e
u u u
v u
p p nH
m mF n
  

   
  
  
  
  
  
   
(32)
1 2 1
0 1
1 22
1(n ),
i i i
i
i i
i
u u u
v u
p p
  


  
  
  
  
 
  
  
(33)
1 2 1 1
0 1 1
2 1
1 1
0 0 0
( )
2
0,
e e e e
e e e
e e e e e
e e e
p p p u
F v u p
u v
u v
v v v

   
  

    
   
  
   
 
    
 
(34)
1 2 1 1
0 1 1
2 1
1 1
0 0 0
2
0,
i i i i
i i i
i i i i i
i i i
p p p u
v u p
u v
u v
v v v

   
  

    
   
  
   
 
    
 
(35)
2
2 12 e en n



 

(36)
Now we eliminate the second order quantities from (30)-
(36) by means of (21)-(29)
2
1 1
0 0
2 2
0
/ //2 2
0 1 1
2
/
1
// 1 1
1
0 0
1 1
(2 )
. . ( )
where
1 1
and (2 )
e e
e e e e
e e
e e
e e e
e e
e
v v
a a b b
v v
n u
v
n u
i e v L L say
L a a b
v v
L b
v v
 

     
 
 
 
 

   
 
    
   
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
  

   
 
(37)
2
1 1
0 0
2 2
0
/ //2 2
0 2 2
2
/
2
// 1 1
2
0 0
1 1
(2 )
. . ( )
where
1 1
and (2 )
i i
i i i i
i i
i i
i i i
i i
i
v v
a a b b
v v
n u
v
n u
i e v L L say
L a a b
v v
L b
v v
 

     
 
 
 
 

   
 
    
   
 
  
  
  
   
  
 
  
  

   
 
(38)
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2 3
2
3
2 2
0
2 22
0 3
2
3
2 3
3
4
. .
where
4
e e e e e
e e
e e
e e
e e e
H
b b mFa c m a
p u
m mF v
p u
i e m mF v L
L b b
H
mFa c m a
   
  
   

  

  
 

 
 
 
 
   
   
    
 
   
   
 
   
   
 
  
  
 
  
  
(39)
2
2 22
0
2 22
0 4
2
4
. .
where
i i i i
i i
i i
i i i i
b b a c
p u
v
p u
i e v L
L b b a c
  
  
  


  


  
  
  
  
   
     

 
   
   

     
  

     
   
(40)
0
1 1 2 2
0
0 0
/ //2 2
0 5 5
/
5
// 1 1
5
0 0 0
2
. .
where
2
and
e e
e e e e e e
e e e e e e
e
e e
e
e e e e e e
e e e e e e
b
c F Fb c F b c
v
v v p u
Fv
v v
p u
i e Fv L L
L c F Fb c F b c
b v v
L
v v v
   
  
   
 

    

 
  
  
  
   
   
   
     

  
      
 
   
 
  
  
  

  










(41)
0
1 1 2 2
0
0 0
/ //2 2
0 6 6
/
6
// 1 1
6
0 0 0
2
. .
where
2
and
i i
i i i i i i
i i i i i i
i
i i
i
i i i i i i
i i i i i i
b
c b c b c
v
v v p u
v
v v
p u
i e v L L
L c bc bc
b v v
L
v v v
   
  
   
 

    

 
  
  
  
   
   
   
     

  
       
 
   
  
  
   
   

  
 

(42)
2
2 22 e in n



 
 (43)
3
2 2
3
e ein n
  
 
 
   (44)
From (37) e (41)
/ / 2 2 2 2
1 5 0 0( )e e e e
e e e
n u p u
L L v Fv  
   
   
    
   
/ / 2 2
1 5 0 0
e e
e e
n p
L L v Fv 
 
 
  
 
(45)
From (38) i (42)
/ / 2 2 2 2
2 6 0 0
i i i i
i i i
n u p u
L L v v  
   
     
     
    
/ / 2 2
2 6 0 0
i i
i i
n p
L L v v 
 
 
  
 
(46)
From (39) 0v m  (45)
2 / /2 22
0 0 0 0 3 1 5
e e
e e
n u
mv m v v v L m L mL

 
  
 
    
  
(47)
From (40) 0v  (46)
 2 / /2 22
0 0 0 0 4 2 6
i i
i i
u n
v v v v L L L

  
  
 
     
  
(48)
From (38)&(47)
2 / // / /2 2
0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5
3 / / 2 / 2 //2
0 0 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 1( )
e e
e e
e
e e
n n
v v L L m v v L m L mL
n
v m v v L m L mL v L v L
 
 
 

   
       
   

      
 
(49)
From (37) & (47)
 
   
2 / // / /2 2
0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 6
3 / / / 2 //2
0 0 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2
i i
i i
i
i i
n n
v v L L v v L L L
n
v v v L L L v L v L
  
 
  

   
       
   

      
 
(50)
From (42), (48), and (49)
 
/ / 2 / 2 //3
0 3 1 5 0 1 0 1
3 3
0 0
/ / / 2 //
0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2
3
0 0
( )
e
e
i
i
v L m L mL v L v L
v m v
v L L L v L v L
v v

 
 

    
  
  
     
  
  
(51)
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3 0
3 3
0 0
2
0 0
3
0 0
2
0 0
3
0 0
2
0 0
2
0
3
0 0
0
41
( )
( )
( )
(v )
( )
2
2
( )
v
e
e
i i i i i
i
e e e e e
e
i i i i i i
i i i i i i i
i
H
v ma
v m v
v b c a v a
v v
b m a mc F v a
v m v
v b a c v a b
bc bc v a b
v v
b

 
 

 

 
 



 
 
 
  
  
   
 
  
    
 
  
  
      



 
 
   
 
2
0
2
0
3
0 0
0 0
3 3
0 0 0 0
1 1
2
0
3 3
0 0 0 0 0
2
0 1 1
3
0 0 0
2
2
2v 2v
( )
e e e e e e
e e e e e e e
e
i e
i e
i e
i e
i e
i
v mFa c m a b
mFb c mF b c v a c
v m v
b b
v v v m v
v v
v
v v v v m v
v v v
v v v




  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
       
 
  
 
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
 
  3
0 0
0
ev m v

































 
  
   
(52)
Now in order to solve the equation we transform the set of
equations into a simple looking structure. Let us consider
2
3 0
3 3
0 0
2
0 0
3
0 0
2
0 0
3
0 0
2
0 0
2
0
3
0 0
2
0
41
( )
( )
( )
(v )
( )
( 2
2 )
( )
(v
e
e
i i i i i
i
e e e e e
e
i i i i i i
i i i i i i i
i
e
H
v ma
X
v m v
v b c a v a
v v
b m a mc F v a
v m v
v b a c v a b
bc bc v a b
v v
b

 
 

 

 
 



 
 
  
  
  
   
 
  
    
 
  
 
  




 
 
0
2
0
3
0 0
0 0
3 3
0 0 0 0
2
2 )
2v 2v
( )
e e e e e
e e e e e e e
e
i e
i e
v mFa c m a b
mFb c mF b c v a c
v m v
b b
v v v m v




  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
 
  
   
(53)
   
   
1 1
2
0
3 3
0 0 0 0 0
2
0 1 1
3 3
0 0 0 0 0
i e
i e
i e
i e
v v
v
Y
v v v v m v
v v v
v v v v m v
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
  
   
(54)
    0X Y
 
 
 
 
(55)
(56)
   
   
2 2
1 1
2 2 2
0
3 3
0 0 0 0 0 0
2
0 1 1
3 3
0 0 0 0 0 0
1
1 1
0
i e
i e
i e
i e
v v
vX
v v v v v m v
v v v
v v v v v m v
 
    
    
  
        
    
 
 
         
       
(57)
1 1
1 1
0
i e
i e
v vX
p q
v vp q
    
 
     
        
             
       
      
       
(58)
where
 
2
0
3
0 0 0 0
1 1
i
v
p
v v v v  
 
  
 
(59)
 
2
0
3
0 0 0 0
1 1
e
v
q
v v v m v  
 
  
 
(60)
 
2 2
0 02 2
0 0
2
2
0 1 2
1 0 0
2 0 0
0
. . 0
where
and
i e
i e
i e
i e
X
pd v qd v
p q
d v d v
pX
i e v p
p pd v qd v
p q
p d v d v
 
 
  
 
 
   
 

   
 
 
 
      
      
      
     
     
     
      
      
     
 
 
  
 
(61)
Next eliminating the second order quantities from (30)–(36)
by means of (21)-(29) we obtain the variable coefficient
SKPE as:
3 2
2
0 13 2
0
p
A B v p
       
 
       
       
                  (62)
where 1, 1/ m    and
2
0 03
0 0 2
0
2
0 03
0 0 2
0
3 2
0 0 0 0
3
0 0 0
2
( )
2
v 2
( )
2
( )( )
( )(v
i i i i i i
e
i i i i i i i
e e e e e e
i
e e e e e e e
e i i i i i
i e
v b a c v a b
v m v
bc bc v a b
b v mFa c m a b
v v
mFb c mF b c v a c
A
v m v v b c a v a
v v b m
 

 



  

   
       
 
   
         
   
   2
0 )e e e ea mc F v a
 
 
   
(63)
2
3 3
0 0 0 0 0
3 2
0 0 0 0
3 2
0 0 0 0
( )( )
4
( )( )
( )(v )
e e i
e i i i i i
i e e e e e
H
v m v v ma v v
B
v m v v b c a v a
v v b m a mc F v a
 
  
 
  

    
 
      
(64)
Now if the angular dependence can be neglected, the SKPE
(62) reduces to usual KdV equation. If we assume the
similarity solution, viz.
0
1
0
X Y
v  
 
 
 
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0
1
,
2
v      ,    (65)
Then (62) reduces under the suitable boundary conditions (66)
to the following standard Korteweg-de Vries equation
(67)with solution as (68):
2
2
0, 0 as
d
d

 

   
(66)
3
3
0A B
  

  
  
  
  
(67)
 20 0
0
3
sech
4
U U
U
A B
  
 
  
 
(68)
In order to study the effects of relativistic degeneracy
parameter F (which depends on R), Quantum diffraction
parameter (H) and ion temperature (σ) we have made plots in
Figs. 1-3.
Fig. 1 Solitary profiles for different value of F
Fig. 2 Solitary profiles for different value of H
Fig. 3 Solitary profiles for different value of σ
IV. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
As the relativistic degeneracy parameter F determines the
transition from ultrarelativistic to non relativistic cases it is
important to know how it affects the structure and properties
of ion-acoustic waves in a quantum plasma.It has been found
that relativistic degeneracy effects have little effect in the
properties of solitary profiles. On the other hand as quantum
diffraction parameter increases the solitary structures become
more narrow but the amplitude remains almost constant [26].
Ion temperature has very minute effect on solitary profiles in
plasmas. Finally we would like to point out that the
investigation presented here may be helpful in the
understanding of the basic features of long wavelength
electron plasma waves in dense and hot plasmas such as can
be found in white dwarfs, neutron stars and intense laser-solid
plasma experiments.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors would like to thank CSIR, Govt of India; DST,
Govt of India, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar,
India, Jadavpur University & Techno India University,
Kolkata, India and The Abdus Salam International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy for providing resources that
helped in carrying out the work
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Dr. Swarniv Chandra is aAssistant Professor in the Department
of Physics, Techno India University, Salt Lake, Kolkata. He
graduated from University of Calcutta (2005), and did his post-
graduation from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
(2008) and completed his doctorate from Jadavpur University,
Kolkata (2013). He became a life memember of the Indian Physical Society
(IPS) and the Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) as well as the Indian
Science Congress Association (ISCA). His field of interest includes quantum
and relativistic plasma and other nonlinear behavior in space plasma. He has
bagged many awards in different levels including the prestigious Buti Young
Scientist Award (2012) and ISCA Young Scientist Award 2014-15 presented
by the Government of India and has published about45 papers and 3 books.
He visited many Universities in country and abroad to deliver lectures and
popularize the field of quantum plasma.
Sibarjun Das is a BE student in the Department of Food
Technology and Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur
University, Kolkata. His field of interest includes theoretical
physics, astrophysics and computational physics. He has
attended numerous national conferences and presented papers.
His recent interest is in stellar chemistry and the formation of the universe.
Agniv Chandra is a BTech student of Computer Science and
Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering
College, Kolkata. His field of interest includes computer game
designing, simulations, CGI, VFX, software designing and
computational physics.
Dr. Basudev Ghosh is an associate professor with the
Department of Physics, Jadavpur University. Previously he was
a reader in ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belurmath,
affiliated to the University of Calcutta. He graduated from
University of Burdwan, India (1977), and did his post-
graduation from the same university (1979) and topped at both
levels. He did his PhD from University of Calcutta (1989).He became a life
memember of the Indian Physical Society (IPS) and the Plasma Science
Society of India (PSSI). His field of interest includes nonlinear waves in
plasma. He has published 15 books and about 50 research papers. He is
actively involved in teaching for more than 30 years.
Apratim Jash is a BE student in the Department of Food Technology and
Biochemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has helped in
solving some of the equations in the paper and typesetting the same.
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  • 1.  Abstract—Using the quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model the nonlinear properties of ion-acoustic waves in are lativistically degenerate quantum plasma is investigated by deriving a nonlinear Spherical Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (SKP) equation using the standard reductive perturbation method equation. It was found that the electron degeneracy parameter significantly affects the linear and nonlinear properties of ion-acoustic waves in quantum plasma. Keywords—Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, Ion-acoustic Waves, Relativistic Degeneracy, Quantum Plasma, Quantum Hydrodynamic Model. I. INTRODUCTION HEinvestigation of ultra-dense matter has been carried out quite extensively and intensively in the recent years. Such matter is found in metal nanostructures, neutron stars, white dwarfs and other astronomical bodies as well as in laser plasma interaction experiments. In such situations the average inter-fermionic distance is comparable or even less than the thermal de Broglie wavelength and as a result the quantum degeneracy becomes important. In such extreme conditions of density the thermal pressure of electrons may be negligible as compared to the Fermi degeneracy pressure which arises due to the Pauli Exclusion Principle. However in this case the quantum effect can’t be neglected and proper mathematical modelling becomes necessary. Such quantum effects are generally studied with the help of two well-known formulations, the Wigner-poisson and the Schrodinger Poisson formulation. The former one studies the quantum kinetic behavior of plasmas while the latter describes the hydrodynamic behaviour of plasma waves. The quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model is derived by taking the velocity space moments of the Wigner equations. The QHD model modifies the clasical fluid model for plasmas with the inclusion of a quantum correction term generally known as the Bohm potential. The model also incorporates the quantum Swarniv Chandra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Techno India University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700091, India (e-mail: swarniv147@gmail.com). Sibarjun Das and Apratim Jash are final year BE students in the Department of FTBE, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700032, India (e-mail: shiv.jojo4@gmail.com, apratim1994@gmail.com). Agniv Chandra is a BTech student of Computer Science and Engineering, Dr. Sudhir Chandra Sur Degree Engineering College, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700074, India (e-mail: boobkaa1@gmail.com). Basudev Ghosh is an Associate Professor with the Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal-700032, India (e-mail: bsdvghosh@gmail.com). S. Chandra would like to thank CSIR, Govt of India for providing research fellowship to carry out the work. statistical effect through the equation of state. The model has been widely used to study quantum behaviour of plasma. A survey of the available literature [1]-[17] shows that most of the works done in quantum plasma in order to study the nonlinear behaviour of different plasma waves uses non relativistic case or with weakly relativistic approximation. The matter in some compact astrophysical objects (e.g. white dwarfs, neutron stars, magnetars etc.) exists in extreme conditions of density. In such situations the average inter- Fermionic distance is comparable to or less than the thermal de Broglie wavelength and hence quantum degeneracy effects become important. At extreme high densities the thermal pressure of electrons may be negligible as compared to the Fermi degeneracy pressure which arises due to implications of Pauli’s exclusion principle. In such extreme conditions of density the electron Fermi energy EFe[   3 22 2 3 2e en m  ] may become comparable to the electron rest mass energy (mec2 ) and the electron speed can approach the speed of light (c) in vacuum. So the plasma in the interior of such compact astrophysical objects is both degenerate and relativistic. Such a plasma is also likely to be produced in the next generation laser based plasma compression schemes. Under such conditions quantum and relativistic effects are unavoidable. Recent reviews of quantum plasma physics are carried out by [18] as well as by [19]. However regarding the ion-acoustic waves in degenerate quantum plasmas only a few works have been reported. Misra et al. [20] have investigated the modulational instability of EAWs in non-relativistic quantum plasma consisting of two distinct groups of electrons and immobile ions. The propagation of electron-acoustic solitary waves in a two-electron temperature quantum magnetoplasma has also been reported [21]. All these works use quantum hydrodynamic models and consider only the non-relativistic cases. But in extreme conditions of density such as in a typical white dwarf where the electron number density can be as high as 1028 cm-3 the degeneracy can be relativistic and both quantum and relativistic effects should be taken into account. Recent investigations indicate that such quantum-relativistic plasmas can support solitary structures at different length scale of excitation [22], [23]. The nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic waves in relativistically degenerate quantum plasma has been studied by a few authors [24],[25]. Very recently we have investigated the solitary excitations of EAWs in a two electron populated relativistically degenerate super-dense plasma and shown that relativistic degeneracy significantly influences the conditions of formation and properties of solitary structures [26], [27]. To the best of our Swarniv Chandra, Sibarjun Das, Agniv Chandra, Basudev Ghosh, Apratim Jash Nonplanar Ion-acoustic Waves in a Relativistically Degenerate Quantum Plasma T World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 301International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
  • 2. knowledge no investigation has been made for the non-planar wave propagation of ion-acoustic waves in degenerate quantum plasmas including relativistic effects. The motivation of the present paper is to investigate the solitary structures of IAWs in relativistically degenerate dense quantum plasma by applying Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. II. BASIC FORMULATION AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS We consider a two-species quantum plasma system comprised of electrons and ions. We also first take the pressures for both electrons and ions via the so called fluid pressure equations. The governing equations are .(n ) 0, n v t         (1) 22 2 . ( ), 2 nv p q h v v t m n m m n                          (2) . ( . ) 0, p v p p v t                (3) 2 .4 q n      (4) Here, p is the relativistic degeneracy pressure in dense plasma given by [28]  4 5 3 2 2 1 3 (2 3) 1 3sinheP m c h R R R R           (5) in which 11 3 3 3 33 03 8F e eR p m c h n m c R n         (6) where   1 3 0 0 0R n n  with 3 3 3 29 3 0 8 3 5.9 10en m c h cm     , ‘c’ being the speed of light in vacuum. Fp  is the electron Fermi relativistic momentum. It is to be noted that in the limits of very small and very large values of relativity parameter Rα, we obtain: 2 52 3 3 1 3 20 e h P n m           (For Rα→0) (7) 1 4 3 3 1 3 8 P hcn          (For Rα →∞) (8) Here, , ,n v q    are the density, mass, velocity and charge for the α-species particle respectively with α=e for electrons and for ions ( , )e iq e q e   . Also ( )e ip is the electron (ion) pressure, is the Reduced Plank’s constant divided by 2π. Now using the following suitable normalizations, i.e. , , 0 0 ( , , ) ( , , ), , , t w , pi s s e i pi e i B Fe B F w v x y z x y z v c c npe t p n k T n k T n                   (9) in which 0 0 0;Te i Fn n n   is the α-particle Fermi temperature, φ is the electrostatic potential s B Fe ic k T m is the ion-sound speed and 2 04p n e m   is the particle plasma frequency, and choosing the coordinates (r, θ, t), Now considering the fact that 2 11 RP n x x        the basic (1)-(4) can be written in the following normalized form: 2 2 1 1 ( ) ( ) cot 0 n n u r n u n u t r r r r                    (10) 22 2 1 2 ee e e e e e e e e nu u v u v p H u m t r r r r n r r n                              (11) 22 1 1 2 e e e e e e e ee e e v v v v u v u t r r r np H m r n r r n                                 (12) 22 1 2 i i i i i i i ei i e v v v v u v u t r r r np H r n r mr n                               (13) 2 1 cot 0 p p v p u t r r u u v v p r r r r                                    (14) 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 cot e ir n n r r r r r                      (15) where, ,vu  are the velocity components of α-species particles in the radial (r) and polar angle (θ) direction, T ,m ,Fi Fe i e pe B FeT m m H w k T     is the non-dimensional quantum parameter. III. DERIVATION OF THE KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATION In order to investigate the propagation of ion-acoustic (IA) waves in the quantum plasmas, we employ the standard reductive perturbation technique to obtain the Kadomtsev- Petviashvili equation (SKPE). The independent variables are stretched as 1 2 1 2 3 2 0( ), ,r v t t           and the dependent variables are expanded as: 2 1 21 ..............n n n       (16) World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 302International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
  • 3. 2 1 21 ..............u u u       (17) 3 2 5 2 1 21 ..............v v v       (18) 2 3 1 2 31 ..............         (19) 2 1 21 ..............p p p       (20) where α=e for electrons and I for ions. Now, substituting (20) in (10)-(15) and collecting the terms in different powers of ε, we obtain in the lowest order of ε as 1 1 12 0 e e e m n a m v       (21) 1 1 12 0 1 i i i n a v       (22) 0 1 1 12 0 e e e mv u b m v       (23) 0 1 1 12 0 ui i i v b v       (24) 1 1 12 0 e e e e Fm p c Fm v        (25) 1 1 12 0 p i i i i c v        (26) 1 1 2 0 , ( ) e e v m m v         (27) 1 1 2 0 1 , ( ) i i v v         (28) and, 0 ( ) (1 )e iv m m     (29) where   2 2 0 03 1F R R    is the term arising from relativistic pressure in weakly relativistic case, whereas for ultra-relativistic case 0 3F R  where 2 2e B Fem c k T  . Equation (29) shows that the wave can propagate outward or inward depending on the consideration of the sign. For the next higher order in ε we obtain 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 ( ) 1 1 1 (2 ) 0, e e e e e e e e n n u v n u v u v v v                          (30) 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 ( ) 1 1 1 (2 ) 0, i i i i i i i i n n u v n u v u v v v                          (31) 1 2 1 0 1 32 1 2 12 1 3 ( ) m , 4 e e e e e e e e u u u v u p p nH m mF n                            (32) 1 2 1 0 1 1 22 1(n ), i i i i i i i u u u v u p p                          (33) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 ( ) 2 0, e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e p p p u F v u p u v u v v v v                                   (34) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0, i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i p p p u v u p u v u v v v v                                   (35) 2 2 12 e en n       (36) Now we eliminate the second order quantities from (30)- (36) by means of (21)-(29) 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 / //2 2 0 1 1 2 / 1 // 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 (2 ) . . ( ) where 1 1 and (2 ) e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e v v a a b b v v n u v n u i e v L L say L a a b v v L b v v                                                                   (37) 2 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 / //2 2 0 2 2 2 / 2 // 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 (2 ) . . ( ) where 1 1 and (2 ) i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i v v a a b b v v n u v n u i e v L L say L a a b v v L b v v                                                                   (38) World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 303International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
  • 4. 2 3 2 3 2 2 0 2 22 0 3 2 3 2 3 3 4 . . where 4 e e e e e e e e e e e e e e H b b mFa c m a p u m mF v p u i e m mF v L L b b H mFa c m a                                                                                (39) 2 2 22 0 2 22 0 4 2 4 . . where i i i i i i i i i i i i b b a c p u v p u i e v L L b b a c                                                                       (40) 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 / //2 2 0 5 5 / 5 // 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 . . where 2 and e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e b c F Fb c F b c v v v p u Fv v v p u i e Fv L L L c F Fb c F b c b v v L v v v                                                                                            (41) 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 / //2 2 0 6 6 / 6 // 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 . . where 2 and i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i b c b c b c v v v p u v v v p u i e v L L L c bc bc b v v L v v v                                                                                         (42) 2 2 22 e in n       (43) 3 2 2 3 e ein n           (44) From (37) e (41) / / 2 2 2 2 1 5 0 0( )e e e e e e e n u p u L L v Fv                    / / 2 2 1 5 0 0 e e e e n p L L v Fv           (45) From (38) i (42) / / 2 2 2 2 2 6 0 0 i i i i i i i n u p u L L v v                        / / 2 2 2 6 0 0 i i i i n p L L v v           (46) From (39) 0v m  (45) 2 / /2 22 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 e e e e n u mv m v v v L m L mL                 (47) From (40) 0v  (46)  2 / /2 22 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 i i i i u n v v v v L L L                   (48) From (38)&(47) 2 / // / /2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 5 3 / / 2 / 2 //2 0 0 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 1( ) e e e e e e e n n v v L L m v v L m L mL n v m v v L m L mL v L v L                                  (49) From (37) & (47)       2 / // / /2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 6 3 / / / 2 //2 0 0 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2 i i i i i i i n n v v L L v v L L L n v v v L L L v L v L                                    (50) From (42), (48), and (49)   / / 2 / 2 //3 0 3 1 5 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 / / / 2 // 0 4 2 6 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 ( ) e e i i v L m L mL v L v L v m v v L L L v L v L v v                              (51) World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 304International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
  • 5. 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 41 ( ) ( ) ( ) (v ) ( ) 2 2 ( ) v e e i i i i i i e e e e e e i i i i i i i i i i i i i i H v ma v m v v b c a v a v v b m a mc F v a v m v v b a c v a b bc bc v a b v v b                                                                       2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 2v 2v ( ) e e e e e e e e e e e e e e i e i e i e i e i e i v mFa c m a b mFb c mF b c v a c v m v b b v v v m v v v v v v v v m v v v v v v v                                                                      3 0 0 0 ev m v                                           (52) Now in order to solve the equation we transform the set of equations into a simple looking structure. Let us consider 2 3 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 41 ( ) ( ) ( ) (v ) ( ) ( 2 2 ) ( ) (v e e i i i i i i e e e e e e i i i i i i i i i i i i i i e H v ma X v m v v b c a v a v v b m a mc F v a v m v v b a c v a b bc bc v a b v v b                                                              0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 ) 2v 2v ( ) e e e e e e e e e e e e e i e i e v mFa c m a b mFb c mF b c v a c v m v b b v v v m v                                      (53)         1 1 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 i e i e i e i e v v v Y v v v v m v v v v v v v v m v                                 (54)     0X Y         (55) (56)         2 2 1 1 2 2 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 i e i e i e i e v v vX v v v v v m v v v v v v v v v m v                                                    (57) 1 1 1 1 0 i e i e v vX p q v vp q                                                            (58) where   2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 i v p v v v v          (59)   2 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 e v q v v v m v          (60)   2 2 0 02 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 . . 0 where and i e i e i e i e X pd v qd v p q d v d v pX i e v p p pd v qd v p q p d v d v                                                                                                 (61) Next eliminating the second order quantities from (30)–(36) by means of (21)-(29) we obtain the variable coefficient SKPE as: 3 2 2 0 13 2 0 p A B v p                                             (62) where 1, 1/ m    and 2 0 03 0 0 2 0 2 0 03 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 ( ) 2 v 2 ( ) 2 ( )( ) ( )(v i i i i i i e i i i i i i i e e e e e e i e e e e e e e e i i i i i i e v b a c v a b v m v bc bc v a b b v mFa c m a b v v mFb c mF b c v a c A v m v v b c a v a v v b m                                                2 0 )e e e ea mc F v a         (63) 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 ( )( ) 4 ( )( ) ( )(v ) e e i e i i i i i i e e e e e H v m v v ma v v B v m v v b c a v a v v b m a mc F v a                          (64) Now if the angular dependence can be neglected, the SKPE (62) reduces to usual KdV equation. If we assume the similarity solution, viz. 0 1 0 X Y v         World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 305International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
  • 6. 2 0 1 , 2 v      ,    (65) Then (62) reduces under the suitable boundary conditions (66) to the following standard Korteweg-de Vries equation (67)with solution as (68): 2 2 0, 0 as d d         (66) 3 3 0A B                 (67)  20 0 0 3 sech 4 U U U A B           (68) In order to study the effects of relativistic degeneracy parameter F (which depends on R), Quantum diffraction parameter (H) and ion temperature (σ) we have made plots in Figs. 1-3. Fig. 1 Solitary profiles for different value of F Fig. 2 Solitary profiles for different value of H Fig. 3 Solitary profiles for different value of σ IV. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION As the relativistic degeneracy parameter F determines the transition from ultrarelativistic to non relativistic cases it is important to know how it affects the structure and properties of ion-acoustic waves in a quantum plasma.It has been found that relativistic degeneracy effects have little effect in the properties of solitary profiles. On the other hand as quantum diffraction parameter increases the solitary structures become more narrow but the amplitude remains almost constant [26]. Ion temperature has very minute effect on solitary profiles in plasmas. Finally we would like to point out that the investigation presented here may be helpful in the understanding of the basic features of long wavelength electron plasma waves in dense and hot plasmas such as can be found in white dwarfs, neutron stars and intense laser-solid plasma experiments. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to thank CSIR, Govt of India; DST, Govt of India, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India, Jadavpur University & Techno India University, Kolkata, India and The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy for providing resources that helped in carrying out the work REFERENCES [1] F.Hass, L.G.Garcia, J.Goedert, G.Manfredi, Phys. Plasmas, 10, 3858(2003) [2] P. K. Shukla, J. Plasma Phys. 74, 107 (2008) [3] L.S. Stenflo, P.K. Shukla and M. Marklund, Europhys. Lett.74(5), 844 (2006) [4] C.L. Gardner and C. Ringhofer ,Phys. Rev E 53,157 (1996) [5] S. A. Khan and A. Mushtaq, Phys. Plasmas 14, 083703 (2007) [6] Misra, A. P., Shukla, P. K., Bhowmik, C., Phys. Plasmas, 14, 082309 (2007) [7] Sah, O. P., Manta, J., Phys. Plasmas 16, 032304, (2009). [8] P. K. Shukla and B. Eliasson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 245001 (2006) [9] B. Sahu and R. Roychoudhury, Phys. Plasmas 13, 072302 (2006) [10] S. Ali and P. K. Shukla, Phys. Plasmas 13, 022313 (2006) [11] P. K. Shukla and S. Ali, Phys. Plasmas 12, 114502 (2005) [12] S. A. Khan and A. Mushtaq, Phys. Plasmas 14, 083703 (2007) [13] Manfredi, G., Fields Inst. Commun. 46, 263 (2005) [14] B.Ghosh, S.Chandra and S.N.Paul., Phys. Plasmas, 18, 012106 (2011) World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Mathematical, Computational, Physical, Electrical and Computer Engineering Vol:9, No:5, 2015 306International Scholarly and Scientific Research & Innovation 9(5) 2015 scholar.waset.org/1999.7/10001759 InternationalScienceIndex,PhysicalandMathematicalSciencesVol:9,No:5,2015waset.org/Publication/10001759
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