title: Nonlinear theory of void formation in colloidal plasmas.
abstract: A nonlinear time-dependent model for void formation in colloidal plasmas is proposed. For experimentally relevant initial conditions, the model describes the nonlinear evolution of a zero-frequency linear instability that grows rapidly in the nonlinear regime and subsequently saturates to form a void. A number of features of the model are consistent with experimental observations under laboratory and microgravity conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Avinash
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjee
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authors.lastname: Hu