1. Three-dimensional structure of Mach cones in monolayer complex plasma
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Couedel, L., Samsonov, D., Durniak, C., Zhdanov, S., Thomas, H. M., Morfill, G. E., and Arnas, C.
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Physics - Plasma Physics - Abstract
Structure of Mach cones in a crystalline complex plasma has been studied experimentally using an intensity sensitive imaging, which resolved particle motion in three dimensions. This revealed a previously unknown out-of-plane cone structure, which appeared due to excitation of the vertical wave mode. The complex plasma consisted of micron sized particles forming a monolayer in a plasma sheath of a gas discharge. Fast particles, spontaneously moving under the monolayer, created Mach cones with multiple structures. The in-plane cone structure was due to compressional and shear lattice waves., Comment: Accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters
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- 2012
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