Gravity compensation in complex plasmas by application of a temperature gradient.
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.
Rothermel
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Centre for Interdisciplinary Plasma Science, Max Planck Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Postfach 1312, D-85741 Garching, Germany.
Hagl
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Morfill
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Thoma
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Thomas
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