Published September 7, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Diagnosis in Complex Plasmas for Microgravity Experiments (PK-3 plus)

  • 1. Department of Electronics, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585 (Japan)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Space Biology and Microgravity Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 2-1-1 Sengen, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki 305-8505 (Japan)

Description

Microgravity gives the complex (dusty) plasmas, where dust particles are embedded in complete charge neutral region of bulk plasma. The dust clouds as an uncompressed strongly coupled Coulomb system correspond to atomic model with several physical phenomena, crystallization, phase transition, and so on. As the phenomena tightly connect to plasma states, it is significant to understand plasma parameters such as electron density and temperature. The present work shows the electron density in the setup for microgravity experiments currently onboard on the International Space Station.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1041
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 329-330
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
5. international conference on the physics of dusty plasmas
Dates
18-23 May 2008
Place
Ponta Degada, Azores (Portugal)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41002629
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC MODELS; COULOMB FIELD; CRYSTALLIZATION; DUSTS; ELECTRON DENSITY; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION; PLASMA; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA SIMULATION; PLASMA WAVES; WEIGHTLESSNESS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTRIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; SIMULATION

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(c) 2008 American Institute of Physics