Dependence of helium ion diffusion and drift characteristics in own gas on its temperature

Abstract

The low-temperature gas discharge has a number of features which can appear in experimentswith dusty plasma. For example, at cryogenic temperatures of gas-discharge tube walls, the strong anisotropy of the velocity distribution function of ions takes place, which in turn can cause a significant change in dust structure properties. The dependences of the helium ion drift characteristics in a dc uniform electric field on the atomic temperature of own gas is analyzed.