DocumentCode
1490351
Title
The criteria for dust agglomeration in plasmas
Author
Bingham, Robert ; Tsytovich, V.N.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Space Sci., Rutherford Appleton Lab., Chilton, UK
Volume
29
Issue
2
fYear
2001
fDate
4/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
158
Lastpage
163
Abstract
We demonstrate dust particle attraction in a plasma due to plasma particle and neutral particle bombardment. A criteria of charged dust agglomeration is found, where the attraction forces, due to bombardment, exceed the dust repulsion forces due to Coulomb interaction between like charges. Agglomerates in the systems which are optically thin for thermal radiation of dust particles is considered
Keywords
aggregation; dusty plasmas; electrostatics; plasma collision processes; Coulomb interaction; attraction forces; dust particle attraction; dust repulsion forces; electrostatic effects; grain dynamics; like charges.; neutral particle bombardment; optically thin agglomerates; plasma dust agglomeration criteria; plasma particle bombardment; thermal radiation; Astrophysics; Dusty plasma; Electrons; Electrostatics; Etching; Helium; Laboratories; Plasma applications; Plasma devices; Plasma temperature;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/27.923686
Filename
923686
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