Effect of the inter-grain attractive potential on lattice dynamics in complex plasmas

Abstract

AbstractThe dispersion relation for lattice waves in a linear chain of charged particles in a complex plasma has been derived on the basis of a screened inter-grain repulsive potential and an attractive shadow potential 1/r. It is seen that the inclusion of the attractive potential makes a significant difference in the results; the present results are in good agreement with the experiment. The dispersion relations, corresponding to square and hexagonal planar lattices, with vibrations confined to the plane have also been derived.