Measurement of the kinetic dust temperature of a weakly coupled dusty plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2 II, 2007, Pages 303-308

  Williams, Jeremiah D ^a   Thomas Jr , Edward ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex (dusty) plasmas; Kinetic temperature; Particle image velocimetry (PIV)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ARGON; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; ELECTRONS; IONS; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; PLASMAS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DUST COMPONENT; KINETIC TEMPERATURE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV);

GLOW DISCHARGES;

EID: 34247190563     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.892132     Document Type: Article

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