{"title":"Suprathermal Soliton Solutions to Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation","authors":"F. E. M. Silveira, M. H. Benetti, I. L. Caldas","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Maxwell distributions are very difficult to find in the low-pressure environment far away the Earth atmosphere, permeated by high temperatures, various types of radiation, highly energetic particles, space debris, and subjected to microgravity, presenting crucial challenges for spacecraft design and operations, and affecting astronaut's health. In this work, the amplitude and half-width of suprathermal soliton solutions to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation are explored with basis on a deformation parameter of a non-Maxwellian distribution. It is found that the ratio of the square of a normalized phase speed of an ion wave to a normalized electron mass may increase by up to 50% due to intense suprathermal effects. It is also found that the soliton amplitude is generally smaller and that the soliton half-width increases with no limit when suprathermal effects are more intense suggesting a greater propensity for dissipation or instability. Possible applications of our analytical formulation to both laboratory and space plasmas are briefly addressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ctpp.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564246","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Collision Phenomena and the Force Korteweg–De Vries Soliton Structure in Dusty Plasma With Polarization Effect","authors":"Umma Imon, Mohammad Shah Alam","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Unmagnetized collisionless dusty plasma is used to study the collision processes, phase shifts, electric fields, and the production of Korteweg–De Vries (KdV) and force KdV (FKdV) solitons in the presence of a source term with strength in the mesosphere region (where a layer of positively charged particles is 5 km thick). Dust grains with positive charges, regularized Kappa-distributed electrons, and Maxwellian ions constitute the plasma system under consideration. The extended Poincaré–Lighthill–Kuo (ePLK) approach is used to obtain the two-sided KdV equations and associated phase shifts. The Hirota bilinear method is used to determine the multi-soliton solutions. To investigate the effect of external periodic force, the FKdV equation is derived from the KdV equation. In the environment, as mentioned earlier, the parameters in question are essential for the formation of dust KdV and FKdV solitons, changing the phase shifts, and the interaction process of single, double, triple, and quadruple solitons as well as FKdV solitons. Due to the effects of the relevant parameters in the mesosphere environment, hump-shaped compressive KdV and FKdV solitons are formed, together with both positive and negative phase shifts. The superposition principle is followed by the KdV dust acoustic solitons in the collision processes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Harender Mor, Kavita Rani Segwal, Suresh C. Sharma
{"title":"Beam-Driven Rayleigh Taylor Instability in Strongly Coupled Dusty Plasma","authors":"Harender Mor, Kavita Rani Segwal, Suresh C. Sharma","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70060","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The evolution of Rayleigh Taylor instability (RTI) in a strongly correlated dusty plasma driven by an ion beam has been investigated through the Generalised Hydrodynamic (GHD) Model. The instability analysis focuses on the effects of beam velocity, beam density, density scale length and strong coupling parameters on the instability growth rate and frequency. The ion beam enhances the pressure imbalance across the interface, thereby driving the RTI, while the viscoelastic response of the strongly coupled medium introduces a stabilizing influence. It has been observed that the growth rate of ion beam driven RTI is suppressed with increasing coupling strength and magnetic field, while the instability grows with higher beam density and velocity enhances the instability, density scale length and beam density. These results provide insight into controlling beam-induced RTI in complex plasmas and are relevant to inertial confinement fusion (ICF), astrophysical dusty plasmas.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inhibition of Four Strains of Spoilage Bacteria by Plasma Technique Synergised With Essential Oil of Oregano","authors":"Yu Chen, Qiang Xiong, Xinfu Li","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70059","DOIUrl":"10.1002/ctpp.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Serratia liquefaciens</i> (P20), <i>Carnobacterium maltaromaticum</i> (P9), <i>Leuconostoc mesenteroides</i> (P6), and <i>Staphylococcus xylosus</i> (P2) are common spoilage microorganisms in meat products, negatively impacting their nutritional quality and flavor while accelerating spoilage. To extend their shelf life, plasma as a novel non-thermal sterilization technology developed in recent years, can be applied to suppress microbial growth. Oregano essential oil (OEO) also exhibits strong antimicrobial activity, but the synergistic effect of plasma and OEO remains poorly studied. In this study, we evaluated the bactericidal effects of plasma and OEO, both individually and in combination, against these four bacterial strains. Nucleic acid and protein absorbance increased by 0.294/0.234 (P20) and 0.249/0.184 (P9). Additionally, conductivity rose by 3.9 and 2.96 ms/cm, respectively. The results indicated that the integrity of the cell membrane was compromised, thus increasing its permeability. The inhibitory effect of OEO was determined by the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and the diameter of the circle of inhibition. The MICs of P20, P9, P6 and P2 were 15.6, 15.6, 31.2, and 62.5 mg/mL, respectively. The concentration of OEO was directly proportional to the diameter of the circle of inhibition, and plasma binding with OEO showed a better inhibitory effect. The combination of plasma and OEO showed better bacterial inhibition, with P20, P9 and P6 being able to completely inhibit bacterial growth after 120 s of treatment, whereas P2 was completely sterilized at 35 kV for 120 s.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147331537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cover Picture: Contrib. Plasma Phys. 03/2026","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70108","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Inhibitory effects of different concentrations of Oregano essential oil on bacterial strain. Fig.6 of the paper by Yu Chen et al.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ctpp.70108","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zakariyae El Ankouri, Mohamed El Bojaddaini, Morad El Kaouini, Abdelhak Missaoui, Hassan Chatei
{"title":"Non-Extensive Plasma Sheath Dynamics: Effects of Negative Ions and Secondary Electron Emission","authors":"Zakariyae El Ankouri, Mohamed El Bojaddaini, Morad El Kaouini, Abdelhak Missaoui, Hassan Chatei","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70058","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper investigates the influence of negative ions and secondary electron emission on plasma sheath formation and structure. The system consists of primary electrons following the non-extensive distribution, negative ions described by the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, and secondary electrons and positive ions modeled as a cold fluid. Using the Sagdeev potential approach, a generalized Bohm criterion <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>M</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ M $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is derived for both extensive <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ left(q=1right) $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and non-extensive <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>q</mi>\u0000 <mo>≠</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ left(qne 1right) $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> regimes. The floating potential <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>ψ</mi>\u0000 <mi>w</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ {psi}_w $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is determined through flux conservation at the wall, while the secondary electron density at the sheath edge <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>N</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mn>0</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ {N}_{s0} $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is obtained under the quasi-neutrality assumption. The results highlight the critical role of key parameters, including electronegativity <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>B</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ B $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, the secondary electron emission coefficient <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>γ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ gamma $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></mat","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147562923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Face-to-Face Interactions of Breathers and Solitons in a Non-Maxwellian Plasma With the Critical Composition of Electron Beam","authors":"Prasanta Chatterjee, Laxmikanta Mandi, Jayshree Mondal","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70067","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>In the present investigation, the collisions of weakly nonlinear wave structures in an unmagnetized plasma comprising inertial ions, Vasyliunas–Cairns (VC) distributed electrons, and electron beams are analyzed based on experimental data. The study focuses on face-to-face collisions involving soliton–soliton, soliton–breather, and breather–breather interactions. To carry out this analysis, the extended Poincaré–Lighthill–Kuo (PLK) reductive perturbation method is employed, leading to the derivation of two coupled Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equations. At a critical value of the number density ratio, two coupled modified Korteweg–de Vries (mKdV) equations are used to study soliton–soliton, soliton–breather, and breather–breather interactions of the ion-acoustic wave. The effects of various plasma parameters—namely, the superthermality of electrons (<span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>κ</mi>\u0000 <mi>e</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ {kappa}_e $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>), the nonthermality of electrons (<span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>α</mi>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ {alpha}_1 $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>), and the electron beam-to-ion density ratio (<span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>ρ</mi>\u0000 <mi>b</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ {rho}_b $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>) at equilibrium—on the colliding soliton profiles are examined. The plasma parameter values used in the analysis are taken from the interplanetary space environment.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of Kaniadakis Distributed Electrons on the Dust Acoustic Waves in a Charge Varying Dusty Plasma","authors":"Mustapha Bacha","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>The propagation of dust acoustic waves, both solitary and shock waves of arbitrary amplitude, is revisited for the first time in a dusty plasma composed of Kaniadakis-distributed electrons, positive ions, and dust grains with variable charge. The <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>κ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ kappa $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-generalized electron charging current is derived using the orbit-motion-limited (OML) theory. It is observed that the Kaniadakis electron distribution plays a significant role in shaping the behavior of variable-charge solitary waves. Specifically, in the adiabatic regime, this distribution results in solitary structures that are less sharply peaked and promotes enhanced electron collection by the dust grains, or equivalently, suppresses the collection of positive ions. In the non-adiabatic regime, the system supports dissipative shock waves, and the presence of <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>κ</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$$ kappa $$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-distributed electrons facilitates a transition in the wave profile from oscillatory to monotonic behavior.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fathy B. Diab, Amr H. Bekheit, Mohamed A. Abd Al-Halim, Kamal M. Ahmed
{"title":"Assessing the Impact of Plasma Density, Sputtering, and E × B Drift on Divertor Plates Detachment in a Small-Size Tokamak","authors":"Fathy B. Diab, Amr H. Bekheit, Mohamed A. Abd Al-Halim, Kamal M. Ahmed","doi":"10.1002/ctpp.70057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/ctpp.70057","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The edge transport barrier (ETB) on small-size divertor tokamak (SSDT) causes a detached regime. The B2SOLPS5.02D multifluid code simulates the drifts on edge plasma in the detached divertor regime. In SSDT, two case studies: (i) the core plasma density had been adjusted (4, 6, 8 × 10<sup>19</sup> and 1 × 10<sup>20</sup> m<sup>−3</sup>) with a set sputtering coefficient of 1.1%, and (ii) the sputtering yield was changed (0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8%, 1% and 1.2%) with a constant core plasma density of 4 × 10<sup>19</sup> m<sup>−3</sup> have been conducted. The 2D simulations show that, during transitioning to detached conditions in SSDT with ETB formation mode with forward field configurations, the low field side (LFS) divertor target heat flux is directly impacted by the cross-field drifts and flows. The simulation demonstrated that, concerning the electron temperature, the two divertor plates are detached at higher density while at lower density, the HFS plate is considered as ‘attached plate’. Additionally, as the core plasma density increases, the peaks of poloidal electron heat flux of the HFS plate were increased insignificantly, while it is strongly increased in the LFS plate. Moreover, as the core density is raised into the detached domain, some characteristics of the detachment processes, such as a roll-over in the ion-saturation current and a cliff in the electron temperature nearby the divertor plates, have been observed. Involving of the carbon sputtering in the detachment cliff formation is also established. Finally, a correlation is found between the development of a detached cliff and the rise in the SOL width.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":10700,"journal":{"name":"Contributions to Plasma Physics","volume":"66 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147569729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}