Title :
Levitation of fluorescent polymer microspheres in a DC glow argon plasma
Author :
Willis, Shawn ; Gandy, Rex ; Shimoyama, Hiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Idaho Univ., Moscow, ID, USA
fDate :
2/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Idaho dusty plasma device is a facility devoted to understanding the dynamics of the dust particles. As an initial step in this process, dust clouds have been trapped in a DC glow plasma. Plasma characteristics and the dynamical properties of the dust particles have been measured using Langmuir probes and optical diagnostics, respectively
Keywords :
Langmuir probes; dusty plasmas; fluorescence; glow discharges; magnetic levitation; particle traps; plasma devices; plasma diagnostics; polymers; Ar; DC glow argon plasma; Idaho dusty plasma device; Langmuir probes; dust cloud trapping; dust particle dynamics; dust particle levitation; dynamical properties; fluorescent polymer microspheres; levitation electrode; natural motion; optical diagnostics; plasma characteristics; plasma devices; plasma sheath; Argon; Clouds; Dusty plasma; Fluorescence; Levitation; Plasma devices; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Polymers;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2002.1003936
