Coulomb fission of a dusty plasma

Merlino, R. L.; Meyer, J. K.; Avinash, K.; Sen, A.

doi:10.1063/1.4954906

Title: Coulomb fission of a dusty plasma

Journal Article · Wed Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4954906· OSTI ID:1467829

Merlino, R. L. ^[1]; Meyer, J. K. ^[2]; Avinash, K. ^[3]; Sen, A. ^[4]

Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; German Aerospace Center (DLR), Wessling (Germany). Research Group Complex Plasmas
Univ. of Delhi, New Delhi (India). Dept. of Physics and Astrophysics
Inst. for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar (India)

Here, 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.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-04ER54795

OSTI ID:: 1467829

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1259740

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 23, Issue 6; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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