Title :
Effect of magnetic field on the dynamics of Coulomb cluster
Author :
Ishihara, O. ; Kamimura, Taeko ; Hirose, Keikichi ; Sato, Nobuyoshi
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Summary form only given. A Coulomb cluster has been observed to levitate in the low temperature plasma device by the balance of the sheath electric and the gravitational forces acting on the cluster. Motivated by the observation of rotation of the cluster in the presence of magnetic field, we have studied the dynamics of the Coulomb cluster by a particle simulation as well by an analytical model. Our preliminary result was presented earlier. We study the effect of the magnetic field on the dynamics of the Coulomb cluster in detail. We consider a Hamiltonian.
Keywords :
dusty plasmas; magnetic field effects; Coulomb cluster; analytical model; gravitational forces; low temperature plasma device; magnetic field; particle simulation; sheath electric; Acceleration; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Conferences; Equations; Magnetic fields; Magnetic levitation; Plasma devices; Plasma temperature; Spinning;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2002. ICOPS 2002. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 29th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7407-X
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2002.1030475
