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Discrete breather modes associated with vertical dust grain oscillations in dusty plasma crystals

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1824908· OSTI ID:20657994
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  1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik IV, Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
Accounting for the lattice discreteness and the sheath electric field nonlinearity in dusty plasma crystals, it is demonstrated that highly localized structures (discrete breathers) involving vertical (transverse, off-plane) oscillations of charged dust grains may exist in a dust lattice. These structures correspond to either extremely localized bright breather excitations (pulses) or dark excitations composed of dips/voids. Explicit criteria for selecting different breather modes are presented.
OSTI ID:
20657994
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 12; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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