Residual dust charges in discharge afterglow.

نویسندگان

  • L Couëdel
  • M Mikikian
  • L Boufendi
  • A A Samarian
چکیده

An on-ground measurement of dust-particle residual charges in the afterglow of a dusty plasma was performed in a rf discharge. An upward thermophoretic force was used to balance the gravitational force. It was found that positively charged, negatively charged, and neutral dust particles coexisted for more than 1 min after the discharge was switched off. The mean residual charge for 200-nm-radius particles was measured. The dust particle mean charge is about -5e at a pressure of 1.2 mbar and about -3e at a pressure of 0.4 mbar .

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics

دوره 74 2 Pt 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006