Discrete breather modes associated with vertical dust grain oscillations in dusty plasma crystals

  • Yannis Kourakis
  • , P K Shukla

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Abstract

Accounting for the lattice discreteness and the sheath electric field nonlinearity in dusty plasma crystals, it is demonstrated that highly localized structures (discrete breathers) involving vertical (transverse, off-plane) oscillations of charged dust grains may exist in a dust lattice. These structures correspond to either extremely localized bright breather excitations (pulses) or dark excitations composed of dips/voids. Explicit criteria for selecting different breather modes are presented. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-4
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics of Plasmas
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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