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Title: Shear-wave Mach cones in a strongly coupled dusty plasma

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2161967· OSTI ID:20782424
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  1. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064 (India)

Shear-wave Mach cones excited in a strongly coupled dusty plasma in the fluid regime are studied using the generalized hydrodynamic model. The Mach cones are excited by a laser beam that is modeled to sweep the three-dimensional dusty plasma with a velocity that is supersonic with respect to the phase velocity of the transverse shear waves. The formation of single Mach cone structures in vorticity maps reveals that they are formed due to shear motion. It is found that an asymmetry in the wake excitation technique gives rise to certain asymmetries in the Mach cone patterns.

OSTI ID:
20782424
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2161967; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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