Title :
Recent Complex Plasma Experiments in a DC Discharge
Author :
Thoma, Markus H. ; Mitic, Slobodan ; Usachev, Alexander ; Annaratone, Beatrice M. ; Fink, Martin A. ; Fortov, Vladimir E. ; Höfner, Herwig ; Ivlev, Alexei V. ; Klumov, Boris A. ; Konopka, Uwe ; Kretschmer, Michael ; Morfill, Gregor E. ; Petrov, Oleg F. ;
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Phys., Garching, Germany
fDate :
4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experiments with complex plasmas in a dc discharge using the PK-4 facility will be discussed, focusing on the formation of strings corresponding to an electrorheological fluid observed in recent parabolic flight experiments.
Keywords :
discharges (electric); dusty plasmas; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow; plasma transport processes; CCD cameras; DC discharge; PK-4 facility; complex plasma experiments; electrorheological fluid; parabolic flight experiments; plasma diagnostics; plasma flow phenomena; string formation; Plasmas;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2009.2033189
