Ordered structures in a nonideal dusty glow-discharge plasma
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
- Vol. 85 (6) , 1110-1118
- https://doi.org/10.1134/1.558383
Abstract
The formation of ordered structures of charged macroparticles in a constant-current neon glow-discharge plasma is investigated. Experiments were performed with two types of particles: thin-walled glass spheres 50–63 μm in diameter and particles of Al2O3, 3–5 μm in diameter. Formation of quasicrystalline structures is observed in the standing strata and in an artificially created double electric layer. The formation of extended filamentary structures of macroparticles in the absence of visible stratification of the positive column has been observed for the first time. The influence of the discharge parameters on the formation of the ordered structures and their melting is examined. The form of the interaction potential between the charged macroparticles is considered, as well as changes in the conditions for maintaining the discharge in the presence of high concentrations of dust particles.Keywords
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