Shear Slip in Complex Plasmas

Author

Durniak, Céline ; Samsonov, Dmitry

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2722

Lastpage

2723

Abstract

Shear slips are observed and simulated in complex plasma crystals deformed by compressional waves. They are characterized by the displacement in opposite directions of two neighboring rows of grains. Complex plasmas are ordinary ion-electron plasmas enriched with microparticles or dust grains. These negatively charged grains interact with each other electrostatically and form ordered structures. Complex plasmas can exist in solid, liquid, or gas states and constitute model systems to investigate dynamic phenomena at the kinetic level in real time.

Keywords

dusty plasmas; molecular dynamics method; plasma simulation; shear deformation; slip; complex plasma crystals; compressional waves; deformation; displacement; dust grains; dynamic phenomena; gas state; grain neighboring rows; ion-electron plasmas; kinetic level; liquid state; microparticles; model systems; negatively charged grains; ordered structures; shear slip; solid state; Crystals; Fluids; Lattices; Plasmas; Plastics; Strain; Trajectory; Complex plasmas; molecular dynamics (MD) simulation; shear;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2129579

Filename

5759750