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Title: Vortex Formation in a High Speed Dust Flow with Large Velocity Shear in RF Plasmas

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2996961· OSTI ID:21251249
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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University Aza-Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba, 980-8579 Sendai (Japan)

We have investigated a rotation of a dust cloud disc with strong velocity shear in a radio frequency (RF) plasma. The flow pattern of the dusts was evaluated by the Navier Stokes Equation with shear viscosity due to the Coulomb interactions. We have clarified dynamic behaviors of the dusts and observed generation of micro-vortices around rotational center, when the velocity shear is enhanced.

OSTI ID:
21251249
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: 10.1063/1.2996961; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English