Stationary velocity and charge distributions of grains in dusty plasmas
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.
Zagorodny
AG
Bogolyuvob Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 14 B, Metrolohichna Street, Kiev 03143, Ukraine.
Schram
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Trigger
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