Title :
Scale-free behaviour of a 2D complex plasma during rapid cooling
Author :
Knapek, C.A. ; Morfill, Gregor E. ; Durniak, C. ; Samsonov, D.
Author_Institution :
Max Planck Inst. for Extraterrestrial Phys., Garching, Germany
Abstract :
The behavior of a two-dimensional complex plasma during rapid cooling is investigated. The system consists of a single layer of micrometer sized melamine-formaldehyd spheres levitated in a plasma discharge. The particles initially arrange themselves in a hexagonal crystalline lattice. The crystalline order is then destroyed by a short electric pulse, and afterwards the system is left to crystallize without further external influence.
Keywords :
cooling; crystallisation; discharges (electric); dusty plasmas; organic compounds; 2D complex plasma; crystalline order; hexagonal crystalline lattice; micrometer sized melamine-formaldehyd spheres; plasma discharge; rapid cooling; scale-free behaviour; short electric pulse; two-dimensional complex plasma; Cooling; Discharges (electric); Educational institutions; Electrical engineering; Lattices; Physics; Plasmas;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383586
