Journal article
Effect of an external magnetic field on a critical point for phase separation in a dusty plasma
Physica scripta, Vol.86(3), pp.35504-3
09/05/2012
DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/86/03/035504
Abstract
The effect of an external magnetic field on a critical point for phase transitions in a dusty plasma is investigated. It is shown that the ambient magnetic field increases the effective hard core radius of dust particles, which, in turn, would affect a critical point in terms of the Coulomb coupling parameter and the ratio between the inter-dust grain spacing and the dusty plasma Debye radius. The present result may be useful in understanding the phenomenon of liquid-vapor phase transitions in laboratory dusty plasmas that are held in an external magnetic field.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of an external magnetic field on a critical point for phase separation in a dusty plasma
- Creators
- K Avinash - University of DelhiP K Shukla - University of California San DiegoR L Merlino - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Physica scripta, Vol.86(3), pp.35504-3
- DOI
- 10.1088/0031-8949/86/03/035504
- ISSN
- 0031-8949
- eISSN
- 1402-4896
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/05/2012
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984199661202771
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