Electrostatic potentials and energy loss due to a projectile propagating through a non-Maxwellian dusty plasma
- Department of Physics, and Salam Chair in Physics, G.C. University, Lahore 54000 (Pakistan)
The electrostatic potentials (Debye and wake) and energy loss due to a charged projectile propagating through an unmagnetized collisionless dusty plasma are derived employing kappa and generalized (r,q) velocity distributions for the dust acoustic wave. It is found that these quantities in general differ from their Maxwellian counterparts and are sensitive to the values of spectral index, {kappa} in the case of kappa distribution and to r, q in the case of generalized (r,q) distribution. The amplitudes of these quantities are less for small values of the spectral index ({kappa}, r=0, q) but approach the Maxwellian in the limit {kappa}{yields}{infinity} (for kappa distribution) and for r=0, q{yields}{infinity} [for generalized (r,q) distribution]. For any nonzero value of r, the potential and the energy loss grow beyond the Maxwellian results. The effect of kappa and generalized (r,q) distributions on potential and energy loss is also studied numerically and the results are compared with those of the Maxwellian distribution.
- OSTI ID:
- 20860172
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 8; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2231596; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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