Title :
Residual Dust Charges in a Complex Plasma Afterglow
Author :
Layden, Brett ; Couëdel, Lénaïc ; Samarian, Alexander A. ; Boufendi, Laïfa
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
The trajectories of dust particles in the afterglow of a complex plasma are presented. The effect of a bias voltage applied to the electrodes on the trajectories evidences a residual charge on dust particles and a coexistence of negatively and positively charged particles in the late afterglow.
Keywords :
afterglows; dusty plasmas; electrodes; complex plasma afterglow; dust particle trajectories; electrode applied bias voltage effects; late afterglow; negatively charged particles; positively charged particles; residual dust charges; Discharges; Electrodes; Ions; Physics; Plasmas; Sputtering; Trajectory; Afterglow; charge; complex plasma; dust cloud; dusty plasma;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2011.2159867
