title: Evolution of a dust void in a radio-frequency plasma sheath.
abstract: The onset and growth of a dust void are investigated in a radio-frequency (rf) sheath of a capacitively coupled argon plasma. A circularly symmetric void emerges and grows with increasing rf power and pressure in the central region of the dust cloud levitating in the sheath. Experimental measurements of the void diameter are compared with the predictions of a simple phenomenological theory, based on a balance of forces on dust grains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Technology, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dahiya
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Paeva
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Stoffels
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stoffels
authors.forename: G M W
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Kroesen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Avinash
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee