Experimental determination of dust-particle charge in a discharge plasma at elevated pressures

被引：182

作者：

Ratynskaia, S ^{[1
]}

Khrapak, S

Zobnin, A

Thoma, MH

Kretschmer, M

Usachev, A

Yaroshenko, V

Quinn, RA

Morfill, GE

Petrov, O

Fortov, V

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Extraterr Phys, Ctr Interdisciplinary Plasma Sci, D-85741 Garching, Germany

[2] Russian Acad Sci, Inst High Energy Densit, Moscow 125412, Russia

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2004年 / 93卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.085001

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

The charge of dust particles is determined experimentally in a bulk dc discharge plasma in the pressure range 20-100 Pa. The charge is obtained by two independent methods: one based on an analysis of the particle motion in a stable particle flow and another on an analysis of the transition of the flow to an unstable regime. Molecular-dynamics simulations of the particle charging for conditions similar to those of the experiment are also performed. The results of both experimental methods and the simulations demonstrate good agreement. The charge obtained is several times smaller than predicted by the collisionless orbital motion theory, and thus the results serve as an experimental indication that ion-neutral collisions significantly affect particle charging.

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页码：085001 / 1

页数：4

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