Journal article
Condensed Plasmas under Microgravity
Physical review letters, Vol.83(8), pp.1598-1601
08/1999
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1598
Abstract
Experiments under microgravity conditions were carried out to study “condensed” (liquid and crystalline) states of a colloidal plasma (ions, electrons, and charged microspheres). Systems with ∼106 microspheres were produced. The observed systems represent new forms of matter—quasineutral, self-organized plasmas—the properties of which are largely unexplored. In contrast to laboratory measurements, the systems under microgravity are clearly three dimensional (as expected); they exhibit stable vortex flows, sometimes adjacent to crystalline regions, and a central “void,” free of microspheres.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Condensed Plasmas under Microgravity
- Creators
- G. E Morfill - Max Planck SocietyH. M Thomas - Max Planck SocietyU Konopka - Max Planck SocietyH Rothermel - Max Planck SocietyM Zuzic - Max Planck SocietyA Ivlev - Max Planck SocietyJ Goree - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physical review letters, Vol.83(8), pp.1598-1601
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.1598
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- eISSN
- 1079-7114
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/1999
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering; Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199957302771
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