Dust Charge in Cryogenic Environment

Journal Article · Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2996964· OSTI ID:21251252

Kubota, J; Kojima, C; Sekine, W; Ishihara, O ^[1]

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1. Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 (Japan)

Dust charges in a complex helium gas plasma, surrounded by cryogenic liquid, are studied experimentally. The charge is determined by frequency and equilibrium position of damped dust oscillation proposed by Tomme et al.(2000) and is found to decrease with ion temperature of the complex plasma.

• OSTI ID: 21251252
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1041, Issue 1; Conference: 5. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas, Ponta Degada, Azores (Portugal), 18-23 May 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2996964; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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DUSTS
EQUILIBRIUM
HELIUM
ION TEMPERATURE
LIQUIDS
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OSCILLATIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
PLASMA WAVES
RF SYSTEMS