Ion acoustic solitary waves in an adiabatic dusty plasma: Roles of superthermal electrons, ion loss and ionization

Abstract

Abstract We investigate propagation of dust ion acoustic solitary wave (DIASW) in a multicomponent dusty plasma with adiabatic ions, superthermal electrons, and stationary dust. The reductive perturbation method is employed to derive the damped Korteweg–de Vries (DKdV) equation which describes DIASW. The result reveals that the adiabaticity of ions significantly modifies the basic features of the DIASW. The ionization effect makes the solitary wave grow, while collisions reduce the growth rate and even lead to the damping. With the increases in ionization cross section Δσ/σ 0, ion-to-electron density ratio δ ie and superthermal electrons parameter κ, the effect of ionization on DIASW enhances.