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Plasma Polarization and Wake Formation Behind a Dust Particle in an External Electric Field. / Sukhinin, Gennady; Salnikov, Mikhail; Fedoseev, Alexander et al.
In: IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Vol. 46, No. 4, 04.2018, p. 749-754.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasma Polarization and Wake Formation Behind a Dust Particle in an External Electric Field
AU - Sukhinin, Gennady
AU - Salnikov, Mikhail
AU - Fedoseev, Alexander
AU - Rostom, Aiham
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - This paper presents a self-consistent model of plasma polarization around an isolated micrometer-sized dust particle being under the action of an external electric field. It describes ion focusing and wake formation for dust particles with different radii and external electric fields. It is shown that despite the formation of wake, plasma maintains a quasi-neutral condition around a negatively charged dust particle, and the volume charge formed as a result screens the dust particle completely. It is also shown that in the external electric field, the dipole moment of the part of the ion nearest to the dust particle is proportional to the dust particle charge. As the external electric field increases and reaches some threshold value, a positive peak appears in plasma potential downstream of the dust particle. It then increases linearly and shows a broad maximum.
AB - This paper presents a self-consistent model of plasma polarization around an isolated micrometer-sized dust particle being under the action of an external electric field. It describes ion focusing and wake formation for dust particles with different radii and external electric fields. It is shown that despite the formation of wake, plasma maintains a quasi-neutral condition around a negatively charged dust particle, and the volume charge formed as a result screens the dust particle completely. It is also shown that in the external electric field, the dipole moment of the part of the ion nearest to the dust particle is proportional to the dust particle charge. As the external electric field increases and reaches some threshold value, a positive peak appears in plasma potential downstream of the dust particle. It then increases linearly and shows a broad maximum.
KW - Distribution functions
KW - Dust particle in an external electric field
KW - Electric potential
KW - Graphical models
KW - ion collisional dynamics
KW - Ions
KW - Mathematical model
KW - plasma polarization
KW - Plasmas
KW - Trajectory
KW - wake formation.
KW - wake formation
KW - CRYSTAL
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85037646570&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TPS.2017.2775656
DO - 10.1109/TPS.2017.2775656
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85037646570
VL - 46
SP - 749
EP - 754
JO - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
SN - 0093-3813
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 9056761