title: Single dust-particle rotation in glow-discharge plasma.
abstract: Rotation of a single dust granule (spin) is investigated experimentally in a stratified glow discharge. We employ the technique of measurement of the angular velocity, which is based on coordinate tracing of the light scattered by a hollow transparent particle. The angular velocity measured in the experiment is about 1-2 orders of magnitude higher than observed in previous experiments. We found that the angular velocity depends linearly on the discharge current. The mechanism of rotation of the granule is also described.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, Ulianovskaya 1, Peterhof, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia.
authors.forename: V Yu
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Karasev
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dzlieva
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Eikhval'd
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ermolenko
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Golubev
authors.forename: A Yu
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Ivanov