Charging and growth of fractal dust grains

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36 PART 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 310-314

  Matthews, Lorin S ^a   Hyde, Truell W ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust charging; Dust coagulation; Dusty plasma; Fractal aggregates; Planetesimal formation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COAGULATION; DUST; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRONS; IONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DUST CHARGING; DUST COAGULATION; DUSTY PLASMA; FRACTAL AGGREGATES; PLANETESIMAL FORMATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 40549139482     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.913923     Document Type: Article

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