• DocumentCode
    1530153
  • Title

    Bursting Bubbles in a Complex Plasma

  • Author

    Schwabe, Mierk ; Zhdanov, Sergey ; Rubin-Zuzic, Milenko ; Ivlev, Alexei ; Thomas, Hubertus ; Morfill, Gregor

  • Author_Institution
    Max Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Phys., Garching, Germany
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2726
  • Lastpage
    2727
  • Abstract
    Time-space plots called “periodgrams” are used to study a complex plasma under the influence of a temperature gradient. The plasma contained microparticles that were illuminated with a laser. The complex plasma spontaneously formed bubbles that induced the movement of particles upward through the discharge chamber. We visualize this particle movement with periodgrams and use these images to study a possible influence of the discharge stability on the particle dynamics.
  • Keywords
    dusty plasmas; high-frequency discharges; plasma diagnostics; plasma instability; plasma light propagation; plasma temperature; plasma transport processes; bursting bubbles; complex plasma; discharge chamber; discharge stability; laser effect; particle dynamics; particle upward movement process; periodgrams; temperature gradient analysis; time-space plot method; Creep; Discharges; Laser theory; Plasmas; Switches; Visualization; Dusty plasma; plasma stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2011.2150749
  • Filename
    5779749