Transport of dust particles in glow-discharge plasmas

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Michael Barnes · IBM (United States)

John H. Keller · IBM (United States)

John Forster · IBM (United States)

James A. O’Neill · IBM (United States)

D. Keith Coultas · IBM (United States)

Abstract

A theory is presented for the transport of dust particles in glow-discharge plasmas. The forces which act on the negatively charged dust particles are examined and estimated. The dominant force is shown to be dependent upon the particle size and location within the discharge.

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Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Vacuum and Plasma Arcs

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 68, Issue 3, pp. 313-316

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.68.313

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.08

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Transport of dust particles in glow-discharge plasmas

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