Effect of ionization/recombination processes on the electrical interactions between positively charged particles in highly collisional plasmas
Plasma Physics
2010-10-20 v1
Abstract
The effect of ionization and recombination processes on the electrical interactions between a pair of small charged particles in highly collisional plasmas is discussed. In particular, it is shown that these processes suppress the long-range attraction between positively charged particles. The condition corresponding to the vanishing of attraction is derived. The role of the effect for conditions of existing experiments is estimated.
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@article{arxiv.1010.3957,
title = {Effect of ionization/recombination processes on the electrical interactions between positively charged particles in highly collisional plasmas},
author = {M. Chaudhuri and S. A. Khrapak and G. E. Morfill},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.3957},
year = {2010}
}