Dynamics of a dust crystal with positive and negative dust

Ioannis Kourakis, Padma Kant Shukla, Gregor Morfill

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Abstract

A dust crystal consisting of charged dust grains of alternating charge sign (.../+/-/+/-/+/...) and mass is considered. Considering the equations of longitudinal motion, a linear dispersion relation is derived from first principles, and then analyzed. Two modes are obtained, including an acoustic mode and an inverse-dispersive optic-like one. The nonlinear aspects of longitudinal dust grain motion are also briefly addressed, via a Boussineq and Korteweg- de Vries description.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationNEW VISTAS IN DUSTY PLASMAS
Subtitle of host publicationFourth International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas
Pages538-541
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 31 Oct 2005
Event4th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas - Orleans, France
Duration: 13 Jun 200517 Jun 2005

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume799
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityOrleans
Period13/06/0517/06/05

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