Published June 26, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Velocity persistence of Brownian particles generated in a glow discharge

  • 1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185 (USA)

Description

Quasielastic light scattering from Brownian particles in the rarefied environment of a glow discharge exhibits Gaussianlike intensity correlation functions owing to the long mean free paths of the particles. The shape of the correlation function depends on the particles' average thermal velocity and friction coefficient, which can be related to aggregate mass and structure, and indicates a crossover from kinetic to hydrodynamic behavior

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
62
Journal Issue
26
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
3034-3037
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA