Damped quantum drift Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation for a dissipative inhomogeneous partially degenerate plasma with quantizing magnetic field

Abstract

Abstract Damped quantum drift Zakharov-Kuznetsov (DQDZK) equation is investigated in two dimensions for a spatially inhomogeneous and dissipative plasma with adiabatic electron trapping in the presence of quantizing magnetic field and partial degeneracy. Linear and nonlinear analysis is presented in detail. For the 2D case, it is observed that the angular frequency of linear drift ion acoustic wave (DIAW) exhibits a cut-off point that gets modified by Landau quantization and partial degeneracy of the trapped electrons. It is observed that the inclusion of ion-neutral collisions leads to the formation of DQDZK equation for the system under consideration. The DQDZK is solved analytically using the hyperbolic tangent method and a decaying solitary wave solution is obtained. It is shown that the effects of quantizing magnetic field, partial degeneracy, and obliqueness significantly modify the properties of the nonlinear drift ion acoustic structures. The results presented here can be gainfully employed to understand the linear and nonlinear wave propagation in dense degenerate plasmas present in astrophysical compact objects like white dwarfs and neutron stars.