Effect of dust size distribution on a dust-acoustic instability in a collisional plasma

Journal Article · Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 1998 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.56663· OSTI ID:21202178

Iyer, Lata; Rosenberg, M ^[1]

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1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California (United States)

Dust grains have size distributions in many space and laboratory dusty plasma environments. This can affect the properties of very low frequency dust waves and instabilities. In this paper we present some preliminary work on the effect of a dust size distribution on a dust acoustic instability driven by streaming ions in a collisional dusty plasma. A fluid analysis is used, and collisions with neutrals are included. Applications to laboratory dusty plasmas are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21202178
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 446; ISSN 0094-243X; ISSN APCPCS
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
COLLISIONAL PLASMA
DUSTS
FLUIDS
GRAIN SIZE
ION COLLISIONS
IONS
SOUND WAVES
TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY