title: Gravity compensation in complex plasmas by application of a temperature gradient.
abstract: Micron-sized particles are suspended or lifted up in a gas by thermophoresis. This allows the study of many processes occurring in strongly coupled complex plasmas at the kinetic level in a relatively stress-free environment. First results of this study are presented. The technique is also of interest for technological applications.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Interdisciplinary Plasma Science, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, D-85741 Garching, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rothermel
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hagl
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Morfill
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thoma
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Thomas