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Title: Nonlinear modulated dust lattice wave packets in two-dimensional hexagonal dust crystals

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2400594· OSTI ID:20860428
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  1. Department of Physics, Arak-University, Arak, 38156-879 (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

The amplitude modulation of dust lattice waves (DLWs) propagating in a two-dimensional hexagonal dust crystal is investigated in a continuum approximation, accounting for the effect of dust charge polarization (dressed interactions). A dusty plasma crystalline configuration with constant dust grain charge and mass is considered. The dispersion relation and the group velocity for DLWs are determined for wave propagation in both longitudinal and transverse directions. The reductive perturbation method is used to derive a (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Schroedinger equation (NLSE). New expressions for the coefficients of the NLSE are derived and compared, for a Yukawa-type potential energy and for a 'dressed' potential energy, taking into account interaction and geometric nonlinearities.

OSTI ID:
20860428
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 13, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2400594; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English