Vibrational modes and instabilities of a dust-particle pair in a complex plasma

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 4 PART 3, 2010, Pages 826-832

  Qiao, Ke ^a   Matthews, Lorin Swint ^a   Hyde, Truell W ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex plasma; Dusty plasma; Instabilities; Plasma sheath; Spectral analysis; Vibrational analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PLASMA; DUSTY PLASMA; DUSTY PLASMAS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONAL ANALYSIS;

DUST; ELECTRIC FIELDS; PLASMA DEVICES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SHEATHS; PLASMA THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 77951093094     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2040397     Document Type: Conference Paper

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