Affiliation:
1. St. Petersburg State University
2. Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences
Abstract
Three-dimensional plasma-dust formations consisting of calibrated dust particles differing in sizes and material densities are studied. The characteristic features of the structures formation in stratified glow discharge were studied, as well as their shapes and dynamics in the external magnetic fields. From several types of powders, the spatially separated double structures were obtained, which filled the dust trap, being located in different stratum phases. For each part of the structure, the average rotational velocities were obtained as functions of the magnetic field. In the range, in which the rotation mechanism depends on the particle size and the ion drag force is dominant, the rotational velocity was numerically estimated with allowance for the parameters variation along the stratum.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences
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