Small amplitude solitary electron acoustic wave for hot electrons taking regularized kappa distribution

Abstract

The properties of small-amplitude solitary electron acoustic waves in a plasma where the hot electrons take regularized kappa distribution are investigated via the reductive perturbation method. It is found there only exists the sup-electron-acoustic rarefactive soliton, the electron acoustic velocity is modified by the regularized kappa distribution. The amplitude and width of the electron acoustic soliton decrease monotonously with the increase of the exponential cutoff parameter of hot electrons. But they vary with respect to the spectral index non-monotonously. As to the observed parameters in the Earth's inner magnetosphere, the speed, electric field strength, and the width of solitary electron acoustic wave are comparable with the observations.