Open AccessSelf-excited void instability during dust particle growth in a dusty plasma
Author(s) -
Lénaïc Couëdel,
Maxime Mikikian,
A. A. Samarian,
L. Boufendi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
physics of plasmas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1089-7674
pISSN - 1070-664X
DOI - 10.1063/1.3479831
Subject(s) - physics , instability , void (composites) , dusty plasma , plasma , amplitude , mechanics , the void , two stream instability , optics , quantum mechanics , composite material , materials science
A new kind of void instability in a complex plasma is described. This instability is directly linked to the growth of a new generation of dust particles inside the void. It consists of slow contraction and expansion sequences of the void size of which frequency and amplitude evolve while the new dust particles are growing.
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