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Rotation of Coulomb crystals in a magnetized inductively coupled complex plasma
- Source :
- IndraStra Global.
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEE Publishing), 2003.
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Abstract
- Under suitable conditions, micron-sized dust particles introduced into inductively coupled argon plasma form a stable microscopic crystal lattice, known as a Coulomb (or plasma) crystal. In the experiment described, an external axial magnetic field was applied to various configurations of Coulomb crystal, including small crystal lattices consisting of one to several particles, and large crystal lattices with many hundreds of particles. The crystals were observed to rotate collectively under the influence of the magnetic field. This paper describes the experimental procedures and the preliminary results of this investigation.
- Subjects :
- Magnetic field
Complex plasma
Crystal
Dust
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23813652
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IndraStra Global
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..325182e66de4335313e15341c1851d38