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Nonlinear longitudinal waves in a two-dimensional screened Coulomb crystal
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Nonlinear longitudinal waves in a two-dimensional screened Coulomb crystal

S Nunomura, S Zhdanov, G E Morfill and J Goree
Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics, Vol.68(2 Pt 2), pp.026407-026407
08/2003
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.026407
PMID: 14525120

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Abstract

Nonlinear interactions of longitudinal waves were observed in a two-dimensional plasma crystal, i.e., a lattice composed of highly charged microspheres immersed in a plasma. The waves were launched by radiation pressure of a laser, and wave spectra in omega-k space were analyzed at various amplitudes of waves. At a sufficiently large amplitude of wave, the second and third wave harmonics satisfying a dispersion relation were observed. As the second harmonic propagates from the excitation region, it was amplified for a small distance, and then damped. The experimental results were compared to a nonlinear wave theory and to a molecular dynamic simulation.

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