Conference proceeding
Oscillatory particle motion observed in dusty plasma under microgravity
2009 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science - Abstracts, pp.1-1
06/2009
DOI: 10.1109/PLASMA.2009.5227681
Abstract
In an experiment aboard the International Space Station, performed using the PK-3 Plus instrument, a 13.56 MHz capacitively-coupled RF discharge was formed between parallel-plate electrodes. Neon gas at 0.2 Torr was partially ionized by applying 40 Volt peak-to-peak RF potentials to the symmetrically-driven electrodes. A mechanical shaker introduced 6.8-micron diameter polymer microspheres, or dust, into the plasma. The microspheres became highly charged. In this way a dusty plasma (also known as a complex plasma) was formed. Using video cameras and illumination by a sheet of laser light, the suspension of microparticles was imaged in situ.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Oscillatory particle motion observed in dusty plasma under microgravity
- Creators
- J. Goree - University of IowaH. Rothermel - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsV.E. Fortov - JIHT, Russian Acad. of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, RussiaO. Petrov - JIHT, Russian Acad. of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, RussiaH.M. Thomas - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsBin Liu - University of IowaA.M. Lipaev - JIHT, Russian Acad. of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, RussiaV.I. Molotkov - JIHT, Russian Acad. of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, RussiaG.E. Morfill - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsA. Ivlev - Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- 2009 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science - Abstracts, pp.1-1
- Publisher
- IEEE
- DOI
- 10.1109/PLASMA.2009.5227681
- ISSN
- 0730-9244
- eISSN
- 2576-7208
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2009
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy; Mechanical Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984428830902771
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