Metastable states of dust plasma
- Authors: Shavlov A.V.1,2, Dzhumandzhi V.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of the Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch
- Tyumen Industrial University
- Issue: Vol 61, No 10 (2016)
- Pages: 1449-1456
- Section: Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1063-7842/article/view/198157
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784216100248
- ID: 198157
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Abstract
The free energy of three-component dust plasma has been calculated analytically based on the spherical model of an elementary electroneutral volume. It has been shown that metastable states of dust particles, ions, and simultaneously all plasma particles can exist for finite interparticle distances. These states can be attained due to spatial correlation of electrons, while some states can be attained due to the correlation of ions. A large charge of dust particles, high electron temperature, and a small fraction of the charge of the electrons compared to the total absolute charge of the plasma particles are important conditions for the existence of metastable states. A possible connection between the existence of metastable states of particles in the plasma and their agglomeration has been analyzed.
About the authors
A. V. Shavlov
Institute of the Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch; Tyumen Industrial University
Author for correspondence.
Email: shavlov@ikz.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Malygina 86, Tyumen, 625000; ul. Volodarskogo 86, Tyumen, 625000
V. A. Dzhumandzhi
Institute of the Earth Cryosphere, Siberian Branch
Email: shavlov@ikz.ru
Russian Federation, ul. Malygina 86, Tyumen, 625000