Physics of Dusty Plasmas

Physics of Dusty Plasmas
Author: André Melzer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030202607

Colloidal plasmas - a still emerging field of plasma physics - enable the study of basic plasma properties on a microscopic kinetic level and allow the visualization of collective plasma phenomena, like oscillations and waves. Moreover, a vast number of novel phenomena are found in these systems, ranging from Coulomb crystallization to new types of forces and waves. Last but not least, they shed a new light on various traditional aspects of plasma physics such as shielding or the mechanism of acoustic waves in plasmas, thus providing new insight into the basic foundations of plasma physics.These course-based and self-contained lecture notes provide a general introduction to this active and growing field to students and nonspecialists, requiring only basic prior knowledge in plasma physics. ​

Introduction to Dusty Plasma Physics

Introduction to Dusty Plasma Physics
Author: P.K Shukla
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-05-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1420034103

Introduction to Dusty Plasma Physics contains a detailed description of the occurrence of dusty plasmas in our Solar System, the Earth's mesosphere, and in laboratory discharges. The book illustrates numerous mechanisms for charging dust particles and provides studies of the grain dynamics under the influence of forces that are common in dusty plas

Proceedings of the Workshop Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 4 - 6 December 2006

Proceedings of the Workshop Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, 4 - 6 December 2006
Author: Giuseppe Bertin
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9812707050

The contributions in this volume discuss numerous hot topics of interdisciplinary interest in plasma physics, astrophysics, and fluid dynamics. It collects the articles presented at a Workshop that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests.

Advances In Dusty Plasmas: Proceedings Of The International Conference On The Physics Of Dusty Plasmas

Advances In Dusty Plasmas: Proceedings Of The International Conference On The Physics Of Dusty Plasmas
Author: Padma Kant Shukla
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 560
Release: 1997-12-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9814545589

Dust-plasma interactions are of interest not only to space scientists and astrophysicists but lately also to technologists working in the semiconductor manufacturing industry. This book shows the wide scope of this new field, which is presently in a rapid state of development. It includes discussions not only of the physics and dynamics of charged dust in various plasma environments, but also of collective processes in dusty plasmas (new wave modes and instabilities), and the fascinating new development of the crystallization of dusty plasmas in the laboratory.

Collective Phenomena In Macroscopic Systems - Proceedings Of The Workshop

Collective Phenomena In Macroscopic Systems - Proceedings Of The Workshop
Author: Roberto Pozzoli
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007-08-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9814475327

The contributions in this volume discuss numerous hot topics of interdisciplinary interest in plasma physics, astrophysics, and fluid dynamics. It collects the articles presented at a Workshop that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests.

Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems

Collective Phenomena in Macroscopic Systems
Author: G Bertin
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2007
Genre: Science
ISBN: 981277890X

The contributions in this volume discuss numerous hot topics of interdisciplinary interest in plasma physics, astrophysics, and fluid dynamics. It collects the articles presented at a Workshop that has gathered world experts with a broad spectrum of research interests.

Collective Phenomena in Plasmas and Elsewhere

Collective Phenomena in Plasmas and Elsewhere
Author: Kamel Ourabah
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2023-08-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1394236743

The Universe is made up of systems consisting of a very large number of particles interacting in a very complex way. When studying these systems, a precise microscopic approach is unattainable. In practice, the best strategy is one that is able to “distinguish” between superfluous information and the information needed to make predictions about the evolution of the system. There are two main competing approaches: kinetic and hydrodynamic. Collective Phenomena in Plasmas and Elsewhere presents an overview of the theoretical bases of these kinetic and hydrodynamic approaches, but also discusses their limitations, the links between them and their extension to quantum mechanics and relativity. These methods were born in part out of the study of plasmas, but they also have more universal applications. A general framework for these approaches is outlined, followed by some applications in plasmas, gravitation, Bose–Einstein condensates and dark matter. Particular emphasis is placed on the analogies that can be made between all these different systems.

Frontiers in Dusty Plasmas

Frontiers in Dusty Plasmas
Author: Y. Nakamura
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2000-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080532039

The study of dusty plasmas is now in a vigorous state of development. Dust and plasma coexist in a vast variety of cosmic environments and their research received a major boost in the early 80's with the Voyager spacecraft observations of peculiar features in the Saturnian ring system (e.g. the radial spokes) which could not be explained purely in gravitational terms. In addition, dust streams were measured by the Galileo spacecraft in the Jovian magnetosphere and charged dust in the earth's mesosphere was detected by a direct rocket experiment. Since then the area has greatly expanded with dedicated laboratory experiments verifying aspects of basic physics of charged dust grains in plasmas.These proceedings contain invited and poster papers which were presented by scientists active in the field from more than twenty countries. The material contains new aspects of collective interactions in dusty plasmas. For example, discoveries of dust-acoustic Mach cones, dust ion-acoustic shocks, great dust voids, vortex formation, dust crystallization under microgravity, coexistence of positive negative dust grains in the mesosphere and dust in tokamaks. The more theoretical and simulation studies focus on dynamical and structural properties and kinetic theories of strongly coupled dusty plasmas, as well as on self-organizations and structures, in addition to identifying forces (viz. wakefields, electrostatic and dipolar interactions etc.), which are responsible for charged dust grain attraction and phase transitions.The resulting book is a valuable, state-of-the-art review of the field of dusty plasma physics and will be welcomed by both researchers and graduate students who want to keep up to date in this rapidly growing field.

Complex Plasmas

Complex Plasmas
Author: Michael Bonitz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2014-04-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3319054376

This book provides the reader with an introduction to the physics of complex plasmas, a discussion of the specific scientific and technical challenges they present and an overview of their potential technological applications. Complex plasmas differ from conventional high-temperature plasmas in several ways: they may contain additional species, including nano meter- to micrometer-sized particles, negative ions, molecules and radicals and they may exhibit strong correlations or quantum effects. This book introduces the classical and quantum mechanical approaches used to describe and simulate complex plasmas. It also covers some key experimental techniques used in the analysis of these plasmas, including calorimetric probe methods, IR absorption techniques and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The final part of the book reviews the emerging applications of microcavity and microchannel plasmas, the synthesis and assembly of nanomaterials through plasma electrochemistry, the large-scale generation of ozone using microplasmas and novel applications of atmospheric-pressure non-thermal plasmas in dentistry. Going beyond the scope of traditional plasma texts, the presentation is very well suited for senior undergraduate, graduate students and postdoctoral researchers specializing in plasma physics.