Dynamics of dust in the sheath of weakly electronegative plasmas
- State Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Electron and Ion Beams, Department of Physics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024 (China)
The dynamics of dust in the sheath of weakly electronegative plasmas are investigated with the single dust model as well as the self-consistently variable dust charge. It is shown that when the dust particles enter the sheath region from the sheath edge with different initial velocities they may display different motion states: levitation in the sheath, returning from the sheath edge, and traversing the sheath region, under action of electrostatic, gravitational, ion-drag, and neutral collision forces. Furthermore, the electronegativity also plays an important role in the dust particle motion states in the sheath besides affecting the distributions of the spatial potential and the charging of the dust particles.
- OSTI ID:
- 20664984
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 97; ISSN JAPIAU; ISSN 0021-8979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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