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Memoirs of the Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University volume38 issue1-2
2004-03 発行

Structure of Dusty Plasma under Microgravity

Totsuji, Hiroo
Totsuji, Chieko
Ogawa, Takafumi
Publication Date
2004-03
Abstract
The structure of dust particles in dusty plasmas under microgravity has been analyzed by molecular dynamics simulation. The charge neutrality condition satisfied by the system composed of dust particles and ambient plasma is properly taken into account. It is shown that dust particles form shell structures at low temperatures and the number of shells are obtained as a phase diagram in the plane of two parameters characterizing the system: the number of particles and the strength of screening. It is also shown that these structures are almost independent of the strength of screening.
ISSN
0475-0071
NCID
AA10699856
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