title: Evolution of shear-induced melting in a dusty plasma.
abstract: The spatiotemporal development of melting is studied experimentally in a 2D dusty plasma suspension. Starting with an ordered lattice, and then suddenly applying localized shear, a pair of counterpropagating flow regions develop. A transition between two melting stages is observed before a steady state is reached. Melting spreads with a front that propagates at the transverse sound speed. Unexpectedly, coherent longitudinal waves are excited in the flow region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goree
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu