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On the drag force on non-spherical dust grain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2010

S. I. KRASHENINNIKOV  and
D. A. MENDIS
S. I. KRASHENINNIKOV
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA ([email protected])
D. A. MENDIS
Affiliation:
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA ([email protected])
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Abstract

It is shown that the direction of the drag force imposed on non-spherical grain by plasma flow is not necessarily aligned with the flow velocity. The implications of this fact for a grain dynamics are discussed.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 271 - 276
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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