Effect of Mass Fluctuation on Collective Modes in a Dusty Plasma
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Space Physics
Abstract
The grains immersed in plasma get eroded by the ions falling onto them. As a consequence, they exhibit self-consistent mass fluctuations due to perturbations in the plasma charging currents. The grain mass is then a dynamical variable. The modifications in the plasma dielectric properties are investigated and new ultra-low frequency modes are shown to exist in the plasma.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0510037,
title = {Effect of Mass Fluctuation on Collective Modes in a Dusty Plasma},
author = {D. Belemdjaldi and R. Bharuthram and R. Annou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0510037},
year = {2007}
}
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