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Plasma Crystal: Coulomb Crystallization in a Dusty Plasma
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A macroscopic Coulomb crystal of solid particles in a plasma has been observed. Images of a cloud of $7\ensuremath{-}\ensuremath{\mu}m$ "dust" particles, which are charged and levitated in a weakly ionized argon plasma, reveal a hexagonal crystal structure. The crystal is visible to the unaided eye. The particles are cooled by neutral gas to 310 K, and their charge is $>9800e$, corresponding to a Coulomb coupling parameter $\ensuremath{\Gamma}>20 700$. For such a large $\ensuremath{\Gamma}$ value, strongly coupled plasma theory predicts that the particles should organize in a Coulomb solid, in agreement with our observations.
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- Thomas, H., Morfill, G. E., Demmel, V., Goree, J., Feuerbacher, B., & Möhlmann, D.
- Venue
- Physical Review Letters
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Published
- 1994-08-01
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 652-655
- ISSN
- 0031-9007 (ISSN-L)
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- W2039614387
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- 1,648
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 20.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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