Published December 13, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Brownian motion of absorbing dust grains

  • 1. General Physics Institute, Moscow (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

Description

We study the rotational and translational kinetics of massive particulates (dust grains) absorbing the ambient gas. Equations for microscopic phase densities are deduced resulting in the Fokker-Planck equation for the dust component. It is shown that although there is no stationary distribution, the translational and rotational temperatures of dust tend to certain values, which differ from the temperature of the ambient gas

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
649
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 317-320
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
3. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas
Dates
20-24 May 2002
Place
Durban (South Africa)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
36064802
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
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Conference
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION; ATOMS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION; DUSTS; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; KINETICS; PARTICULATES; PLASMA; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SORPTION

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(c) 2002 American Institute of Physics