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Title: Space-charge waves in magnetized and collisional quantum plasma columns confined in carbon nanotubes

Abstract

We study the dispersion relation of electrostatic waves propagating in a column of quantum magnetized collisional plasma embraced completely by a metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. The analysis is based on the quantum linearized hydrodynamic formalism of collective excitations within the quasi-static approximation. It is shown when the electronic de Broglie's wavelength of the plasma is comparable in the order of magnitude to the radius of the nanotube, the quantum effects are quite meaningful and our model anticipates one acoustical and two optical space-charge waves which are positioned into three propagating bands. With increasing the nanotube radius, the features of the acoustical branch remain unchanged, yet two distinct optical branches are degenerated and the classical behavior is recovered. This study might provide a platform to create new finite transverse cross section quantum magnetized plasmas and to devise nanometer dusty plasmas based on the metallic carbon nanotubes in the absence of either a drift or a thermal electronic velocity and their existence could be experimentally examined.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Laser and Plasma Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, G. C., Evin, Tehran 19835-63113 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  2. Department of Physics, Malayer University, Malayer 65719-95863 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22253069
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physics of Plasmas
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 21; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; CARBON NANOTUBES; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; COLLISIONAL PLASMA; DE BROGLIE WAVELENGTH; DISPERSION RELATIONS; PLASMA WAVES; QUANTUM PLASMA; SPACE CHARGE

Citation Formats

Bagheri, Mehran, and Abdikian, Alireza. Space-charge waves in magnetized and collisional quantum plasma columns confined in carbon nanotubes. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4872334.
Bagheri, Mehran, & Abdikian, Alireza. Space-charge waves in magnetized and collisional quantum plasma columns confined in carbon nanotubes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872334
Bagheri, Mehran, and Abdikian, Alireza. 2014. "Space-charge waves in magnetized and collisional quantum plasma columns confined in carbon nanotubes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4872334.
@article{osti_22253069,
title = {Space-charge waves in magnetized and collisional quantum plasma columns confined in carbon nanotubes},
author = {Bagheri, Mehran and Abdikian, Alireza},
abstractNote = {We study the dispersion relation of electrostatic waves propagating in a column of quantum magnetized collisional plasma embraced completely by a metallic single-walled carbon nanotubes. The analysis is based on the quantum linearized hydrodynamic formalism of collective excitations within the quasi-static approximation. It is shown when the electronic de Broglie's wavelength of the plasma is comparable in the order of magnitude to the radius of the nanotube, the quantum effects are quite meaningful and our model anticipates one acoustical and two optical space-charge waves which are positioned into three propagating bands. With increasing the nanotube radius, the features of the acoustical branch remain unchanged, yet two distinct optical branches are degenerated and the classical behavior is recovered. This study might provide a platform to create new finite transverse cross section quantum magnetized plasmas and to devise nanometer dusty plasmas based on the metallic carbon nanotubes in the absence of either a drift or a thermal electronic velocity and their existence could be experimentally examined.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4872334},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22253069}, journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
issn = {1070-664X},
number = 4,
volume = 21,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}