Experimental levitation of dust grains in a plasma sheath

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 107, Issue A11, 2002, Pages

  Sickafoose, A A ^a   Colwell, J E ^a   Horanyi M ^a   Robertson, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; Experimental

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142165649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009347     Document Type: Article

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