Nonlinear electronic streaming instability in lunar plasmas

The nonlinear dynamics of bi-electronic streaming instability (BSI) is investigated in lunar plasma environments using the nonlinear WKB method. It is seen that the considered instability saturation is governed by a standard form of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. It has a unique set of multiparametric nonlinear convective and linear dispersive coefficients. We semi-analytically reveal the instability saturation, principally in diverse solitary wave forms, alongside their basic conservation laws, in a broader perspective horizon. The sensitive frame velocity-dependency of the derived rarefactive solitary structures is illustrated, alongside the streaming velocity effects. It is interestingly found that such wave-spectral patterns completely disappear for a particular value of the relative streaming velocity (frame-flow equalisation). This study fairly maps the investigated nonlinear BSI saturation amongst the Kaguya-observed electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) observationally reported elsewhere.

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Scientific Reports
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2026-05-23
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-53901-w
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Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
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Nonlinear electronic streaming instability in lunar plasmas

Partha Pratim Deka, A. Atteya, Pralay Kumar Karmakar
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Nonlinear electronic streaming instability in lunar plasmas

Partha Pratim Deka, A. Atteya, Pralay Kumar Karmakar
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Abstract

The nonlinear dynamics of bi-electronic streaming instability (BSI) is investigated in lunar plasma environments using the nonlinear WKB method. It is seen that the considered instability saturation is governed by a standard form of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. It has a unique set of multiparametric nonlinear convective and linear dispersive coefficients. We semi-analytically reveal the instability saturation, principally in diverse solitary wave forms, alongside their basic conservation laws, in a broader perspective horizon. The sensitive frame velocity-dependency of the derived rarefactive solitary structures is illustrated, alongside the streaming velocity effects. It is interestingly found that such wave-spectral patterns completely disappear for a particular value of the relative streaming velocity (frame-flow equalisation). This study fairly maps the investigated nonlinear BSI saturation amongst the Kaguya-observed electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) observationally reported elsewhere.

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Tezpur University (IN), Alexandria University (EG)
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