Dust-ion-acoustic shock waves in magnetized plasma having super-thermal electrons

Abstract

The propagation of dust-ion-acoustic shock waves (DIASHWs) in a three-component magnetized plasma having inertialess superthermal electrons, inertial warm positive ions and negative dust grains has been investigated. A Burgers' equation is derived by employing the reductive perturbation method. Under consideration of inertial warm positive ions and negative dust grains, both positive and negative shock structures are numerically observed in the presence of super-thermal electrons. The effects of oblique angle (δ), spectral index (κ), kinematic viscosity (η), number density and charge state of the plasma species on the formation of the DIASHWs are examined. It is found that the positive and negative shock wave potentials increase with the oblique angle. It is also observed that the magnitude of the amplitude of positive and negative shock waves is not affected by the variation of the kinematic viscosity of plasma species but the steepness of the positive and negative shock waves decreases with kinematic viscosity of plasma species. The implications of our findings in space and laboratory plasmas are briefly discussed.