Evolution of a dust void in a radio-frequency plasma sheath.
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The onset and growth of a dust void are investigated in a radio-frequency (rf) sheath of a capacitively coupled argon plasma. A circularly symmetric void emerges and grows with increasing rf power and pressure in the central region of the dust cloud levitating in the sheath. Experimental measurements of the void diameter are compared with the predictions of a simple phenomenological theory, based on a balance of forces on dust grains.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 89 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002