1999/11/05 by A. G. Zagorodny, А. G. Zagorodny, P. P. J. M. Schram +1 · 43 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Charge (physics) #Classical mechanics #Condensed matter physics #Coulomb #Crystal (programming language) #Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena #Dusty plasma #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Electron #High-pressure geophysics and materials #Ion #Ionic bonding #Ionic crystal #Kinetic energy #Materials science #Nuclear physics #Physics #Plasma #Quantum mechanics #physics.plasm-ph #physics.space-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.84.3594
published in Physical Review Letters 84(16), 3594-3597 (American Physical Society) · 8 pages, no figures
arxiv created 1999/11/05 · openalex publication_date 2000/04/17 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Within the kinetic approach the velocity and the charge distributions of grains in stationary dusty plasmas are calculated and the relations between the effective temperatures of such distributions and plasma parameters are established. It is found that the effective temperature which determines the velocity grain distribution could be anomalously large due to the action of accelerating ionic bombarding force. The possibility to apply the results obtained to the explanation of the increasing grain temperature in the course of Coulomb-crystal melting by reduction of the gas pressure is discussed.