Nonlinear plasma waves in an electron gas

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AAD142MaRDI QIDQ4689505zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eugene B. Kolomeisky

Publication date 16 October 2018

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01181

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear wavesplasmonssolitonselectron gas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) Electro- and magnetostatics (78A30) Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L70) Statistical mechanics of gases (82D05) Statistical mechanics of plasmas (82D10) Statistical mechanics of solids (82D20) Supersonic flows (76J20) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37)

Abstract: The nature of traveling wave solutions to equations of hydrodynamics of a generic three-dimensional electron gas with parabolic dispersion law depends on whether the motion is subsonic or supersonic. Solitons representing localized depressions of the electrostatic potential and electron density are predicted to exist in the subsonic regime: at rest the solitons are dark while in motion they are grey. Two types of periodic waves are found in the supersonic regime: (i) smooth waves whose small amplitude limit is described by harmonic theory, and (ii) waves with sharp troughs and smooth crests of the potential with the electrons accumulating in the troughs.

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