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Title: Attractive interactions between negatively charged dust particles levitated at the plasma-sheath boundary layer.

Journal Article · · Proposed for publication in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Special Issue on Images in Plasma Science.
OSTI ID:961657

The magnitude and structure of the ion wakefield potential below a single negatively-charged dust particle levitated in the plasma sheath region was calculated and measured. Attractive and repulsive components of the interaction force were extracted from a trajectory analysis of low-energy collisions between different mass particles in a well-defined electrostatic potential.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
961657
Report Number(s):
SAND2004-3774J; ITPSBD; TRN: US0904268
Journal Information:
Proposed for publication in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Special Issue on Images in Plasma Science., Vol. 33, Issue 2; ISSN 0093-3813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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