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Effect of dust particle and magnetic field on EEPF and plasma oscillation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2019

D. Kalita Open the ORCID record for D. Kalita [Opens in a new window] ,
B. Kakati ,
S. S. Kausik ,
B. K. Saikia  and
M. Bandyopadhyay Open the ORCID record for M. Bandyopadhyay [Opens in a new window]
D. Kalita*
Affiliation:
Centre of Plasma Physics-IPR, Nazirakhat, Sonapur, Kamrup -782 402, Assam, India
B. Kakati
Affiliation:
Assam Science and Technology University, Jalukbari, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India
S. S. Kausik
Affiliation:
Centre of Plasma Physics-IPR, Nazirakhat, Sonapur, Kamrup -782 402, Assam, India
B. K. Saikia
Affiliation:
Centre of Plasma Physics-IPR, Nazirakhat, Sonapur, Kamrup -782 402, Assam, India Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), BARC, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
M. Bandyopadhyay
Affiliation:
ITER-India, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar- 382 428, India Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), BARC, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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†Email address for correspondence: [email protected]
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Abstract

The significance of dust particles for the electron energy probability function (EEPF) and plasma oscillations is studied under varying magnetic field strength in a filamentary discharge hydrogen plasma. The experimental result shows that with an increase in dust density, the electron density decreases as a result of the charging of dust grains in the plasma background. A bi-Maxwellian EEPF is computed in both a pristine hydrogen plasma and a dust-containing plasma at different magnetic field strengths. We have observed that the increase in magnetic field decreases the lower energy electron population. The electron population of the lower energy range shows nearly identical results at magnetic field, $B\leqslant 3.7$ mT whereas the behaviour of the high-energy electron population becomes identical for a field strength $B\leqslant 5.8$ mT. From the observation, we have seen that the mid energy electron population slightly decreases and the high energy electron population slightly increases due to the presence of dust particles as compared to a pristine plasma. Further, very low energy electron population remains almost unchanged. With increase in dust density, the mid energy electron population further decreases whereas the high energy electron population slightly increases for different magnetic fields. But, no changes were observed for the very low energy electron population in the presence of dust particles. From the study of plasma oscillation, it is observed that the dominant frequency associated with the plasma oscillation is matched with the ion cyclotron frequency. The amplitude of the ion cyclotron frequency reduces with the increase of dust density which might be due to the decrease of plasma density.

Keywords

dusty plasmasplasma devicesplasma properties
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 85 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , 905850402
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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