Simulation of dust-acoustic waves
Author(s) -
D. Winske,
Michael S. Murillo,
M. Rosenberg
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/677163
Subject(s) - dusty plasma , physics , coulomb , dispersion relation , dispersion (optics) , acoustic wave , limit (mathematics) , coupling (piping) , thermal , particle (ecology) , molecular dynamics , crystal (programming language) , computational physics , mechanics , plasma , quantum mechanics , materials science , meteorology , geology , mathematics , mathematical analysis , oceanography , metallurgy , electron , computer science , programming language
The authors use molecular dynamics (MD) and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation methods to investigate the dispersion relation of dust-acoustic waves in a one-dimensional, strongly coupled (Coulomb coupling parameter = {Lambda} = ratio of the Coulomb energy to the thermal energy = 120) dusty plasma. They study both cases where the dust is represented by a small number of simulation particles that form into a regular array structure (crystal limit) as well as where the dust is represented by a much larger number of particles (fluid limit)
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