Dynamics of a dust crystal with positive and negative dust

Ioannis Kourakis, Padma Kant Shukla, Gregor E. 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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Vistas in Dusty Plasmas
Subtitle of host publicationFourth International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas, Orleans, France, 13-17 June 2005
PublisherSpringer
Pages538-541
Number of pages4
Volume799
ISBN (Print)978-0-7354-0287-4
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2005
EventFourth International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas - Orleans, France
Duration: 13 Jun 200517 Jun 2005

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
PublisherSpringer
Volume799

Conference

ConferenceFourth International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityOrleans
Period13/06/200517/06/2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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