The modulational instability (MI) of ion-acoustic waves (IAWs) in a two-component plasma is investigated in the context of the nonextensive statistics proposed by Tsallis [J. Stat. Phys. 52, 479 (1988)]. Using the reductive perturbation method, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) which governs the MI of the IAWs is obtained. The presence of the nonextensive electron distribution is shown to influence the MI of the waves. Three different ranges of the nonextensive q-parameter are considered and in each case the MI sets in under different conditions. Furthermore, the effects of the q-parameter on the growth rate of MI are discussed in detail.

A study is presented for the oblique propagation of ion acoustic cnoidal waves in a magnetized plasma consisting of cold ions and two temperature superthermal electrons modelled by kappa-type distributions. Using the reductive perturbation method, the nonlinear Korteweg de-Vries equation is derived, which further gives the solutions with a special type of cnoidal elliptical functions. Both compressive and rarefactive structures are found for these cnoidal waves. Nonlinear periodic cnoidal waves are explained in terms of plasma parameters depicting the Sagdeev potential and the phase curves. It is found that the density ratio of hot electrons to ions μ significantly modifies compressive/refractive wave structures. Furthermore, the combined effects of superthermality of cold and hot electrons κc,κh, cold to hot electron temperature ratio σ, angle of propagation and ion cyclotron frequency ωci have been studied in detail to analyze the height and width of compressive/refractive cnoidal waves. The findings in the present study could have important implications in understanding the physics of electrostatic wave structures in the Saturn's magnetosphere where two temperature superthermal electrons are present.

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In the present investigation the modulational instability (MI) of dust acoustic wave (DAW) in four-component dusty plasma consisting of negative and positive charged dust grains and kappa (κ) distributed electrons and ions is studied. Considering the multifluid plasma model and using the reductive perturbation technique, nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which governs the MI of DAW, is obtained. It is found that presence of positive dust component, kappa-distributed electrons (κe), ions (κi), and temperature ratio (σ) significantly modify the domain of the MI and localized envelope excitations. Further, the effects of these parameters on the growth rate of MI have also been discussed in detail.

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