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Title: Electrostatic Breakup in a Misty Plasma

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ (United Kingdom)

A misty plasma is defined as a plasma containing small liquid droplets. In such a system, the droplets will undergo total electrostatic breakup if their charge exceeds the well-known Rayleigh limit. This imposes a minimum size on the droplets. Electrostatic breakup is a significant mechanism limiting droplet survival in a wide range of plasma applications, including plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition and fusion tokamaks.

OSTI ID:
21386793
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.065003; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English