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Numerical simulations of dust charging and wakefield effects

Part of: Physics of Dusty Plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2014

W. J. Miloch
W. J. Miloch*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Postboks 1048 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

Charging of dust grains and related phenomena are fundamental problems in the physics of complex plasmas. The relative motion of grains and plasma breaks the symmetry in dust charging and gives rise to the wake in plasma density and potential, which can significantly influence the dynamics of other grains. This paper gives an overview of dust charging in two- and multi-component plasma flows and related wake effects, and presents recent results from self-consistent particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The role of wakefields is considered in the context of charging of downstream grains.

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Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 80 , Issue 6 , December 2014 , pp. 795 - 801
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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