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Basic Processes in Complex (Dusty) Plasmas: Charging, Interactions, and Ion Drag Force
Author(s) -
Khrapak S.,
Morfill G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
contributions to plasma physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1521-3986
pISSN - 0863-1042
DOI - 10.1002/ctpp.200910018
Subject(s) - drag , plasma , dusty plasma , ion , physics , particle (ecology) , atomic physics , charged particle , aerospace engineering , mechanics , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , oceanography , geology
Recent developments in the theoretical investigations of complex (dusty) plasmas – low temperature plasmas containing charged microparticles – are reviewed. The focus is mostly on important basic problems of plasmaparticle interactions, including particle charging, electric potential distribution around the particle, interparticle interactions, and the ion drag force. In particular, the importance of plasma‐neutral collisions (especially ionneutral) is emphasized (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)