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Numerical simulations of ion and electron transport in a low-temperature dusty plasma

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Charged particle transport and kinetic processes in a low-temperature dusty plasma are numerically simulated. Dust grains are represented as spheres with a given radius. The self-consistent electric field in the plasma surrounding a charged dust grain is calculated taking into account the perturbations of plasma quasineutrality near the grains. It is shown that applying an external electric field leads to a rearrangement of the plasma space charge and a break of the spherical symmetry of the electron and ion density distributions around the grain. The mutual influence of two identical charged dust grains is considered, and the energy of the electrostatic interaction between the grains is calculated. It is shown that this energy has a minimum at a certain finite distance between the grains.

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Translated from Fizika Plazmy, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2003, pp. 508–515.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Petrushevich.

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Petrushevich, Y.V. Numerical simulations of ion and electron transport in a low-temperature dusty plasma. Plasma Phys. Rep. 29, 473–479 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1582514

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