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Title: Coulomb fission of a dusty plasma

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954906· OSTI ID:22598949
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 (United States)
  2. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi (India)
  3. Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar (India)

Experimental observations are presented of the splitting (fission) of a suspension of charged microparticles (dusty plasma) into two fragments when the plasma was suddenly turned off. The triggering mechanism for fissioning of the dust cloud is discussed in terms of a pinching instability driven by the ion drag force.

OSTI ID:
22598949
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2016 Author(s); Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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