Effect of dust size distribution on a dust-acoustic instability in a collisional plasma

Autor: M. Rosenberg, Lata Iyer
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
DOI: 10.1063/1.56663
Popis: Dust grains have size distributions in many space and laboratory dusty plasma environments. This can affect the properties of very low frequency dust waves and instabilities. In this paper we present some preliminary work on the effect of a dust size distribution on a dust acoustic instability driven by streaming ions in a collisional dusty plasma. A fluid analysis is used, and collisions with neutrals are included. Applications to laboratory dusty plasmas are discussed.
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