Transport properties of quasi-two-dimensional dissipative systems with a screened Coulomb potential

Journal Article · Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · Plasma Physics Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X07060062· OSTI ID:21100166

Vaulina, O S; Dranzhevskii, I E ^[1]

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1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute for High Energy Densities (Russian Federation)

Results are presented from numerical investigations of the dynamics of quasi-two-dimensional systems in the form of a monolayer of dust grains interacting by means of a screened Coulomb potential and suspended in the Earth's gravitational field by an external electric field. The structural and transport characteristics of such a system, including the pair correlation functions and the viscosity and diffusion coefficients, were investigated over a broad parameter range corresponding to the conditions under which dust structures are observed in RF capacitive discharge plasmas. An analysis of the results obtained revealed that there is a specific topological transition typical of systems having a low spatial dimension.

• OSTI ID: 21100166
• Journal Information: Plasma Physics Reports, Vol. 33, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1134/S1063780X07060062; Copyright (c) 2007 Nauka/Interperiodica; Article Copyright (c) 2007 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-780X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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COULOMB FIELD
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GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
PLASMA
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TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS