Title :
Investigation of magnetized dusty plasmas in the laboratory and near-earth space environment
Author :
Mahmoudian, Alireza ; Scales, Wayne ; Haiyang Fu
Author_Institution :
Bradley Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Tech, Bradley, IL, USA
Abstract :
The field of dusty plasmas has become a vigorous and established area of research for a number of decades now. In this work, two computational models are mainly developed to study possible plasma turbulence during the charged aerosol release experiments in space plasmas. Meanwhile, its applications for magnetized dusty plasmas for complex plasma research with upcoming experiment facilities at Auburn University is considered. Two new hybrid and full fluid two-dimensional computational models have been developed to investigate instabilities in nonuniform magnetized dusty plasmas. The magnetic fields have been applied to study the effect on plasma wave excitation.
Keywords :
astronomical techniques; astrophysical magnetic fields; astrophysical plasma; dusty plasmas; plasma flow; plasma instability; plasma simulation; plasma turbulence; plasma waves; Auburn University experiment facilities; charged aerosol release experiments; full fluid two-dimensional computational models; magnetized dusty plasmas; near-Earth space environment; plasma instabilities; plasma turbulence; plasma wave excitation effect; space plasmas; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Computational modeling; Dusty plasmas; Educational institutions; Magnetic fields;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), 2014 United States National Committee of URSI National
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3119-4
DOI :
10.1109/USNC-URSI-NRSM.2014.6928105