1D planar, cylindrical and spherical subsonic solitary waves in space electron-ion-positive dust plasma systems

Abstract: The space electron-ion-positive dust plasma system containing isothermal inertialess electron species, cold inertial ion species, and stationary positive (positivively charged) dust species is considered. The basic features of one dimensional (1D) planar and nonplanar subsonic solitary waves are investigated by the pseudo-potential and reductive perturbation methods, respectively. It is observed that the presence of the positive dust species reduces the phase speed of the ion-acoustic waves, and consequently supports the subsonic solitary waves with the positive wave potential in such a space dusty plasma system. It is observed that the cylindrical and spherical subsonic solitary waves significantly evolve with time, and that the time evolution of the spherical solitary waves is faster than that of the cylindrical ones. The applications of the work in many space dusty plasma systems, particularly in Earth's mesosphere, cometary tails, Jupiter's magnetosphere, etc. are addressed.