Free thermal convection in complex plasma with background-gas friction.
The onset of free thermal convection in complex fluids with background friction is theoretically investigated. It is shown that in the limit when friction prevails--opposite to the classic Rayleigh-Bénard case--the onset is determined by a renormalized Rayleigh number and also depends on the Prandtl number. Such convection should be observable in experiments with complex plasmas.
Ivlev
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AV
Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, 85741 Garching, Germany. ivlev@mpe.mpg.de
Zhdanov
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Morfill
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