%0 Journal Article %A Swarniv Chandra and Parthasona Maji and Basudev Ghosh %D 2014 %J International Journal of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 89, 2014 %T Propagation of Nonlinear Surface Waves in Relativistically Degenerate Quantum Plasma Half-Space %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998812 %V 89 %X The nonlinear self-interaction of an electrostatic surface wave on a semibounded quantum plasma with relativistic degeneracy is investigated by using quantum hydrodynamic (QHD) model and the Poisson’s equation with appropriate boundary conditions. It is shown that a part of the second harmonic generated through self-interaction does not have a true surface wave character but propagates obliquely away from the plasma-vacuum interface into the bulk of plasma. %P 842 - 845