I. V. Shveigert, V. A. Schweigert, “Forces acting on a coulomb crystal of microparticles in plasma”, Prikl. Mekh. Tekh. Fiz., 1998, Volume 39, Issue 6,Pages <nobr>8

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Forces acting on a coulomb crystal of microparticles in plasma

I. V. Shveigert^a, V. A. Schweigert^b

^a Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk
^b Institute of Thebretical and Applied Mechanics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090, Novosibirsk

Abstract: An equilibrium two-layer structure of charged microparticles in the near-electrode layer of a radio-frequency discharge was simulated numerically using the Monte Carlo method. Depending on gas pressure, the microparticles either move chaotically or form a multilayer structure with a hexagonal lattice in a horizontal plane. Based on the experiment, a mechanism is proposed that describes the unusual structure of a plasma crystal in which particles of the lower layer are located in the vertical direction strictly under the particles of the upper layer and form vertical columns.

UDC: 533.9

Received: 29.01.1996
Accepted: 26.11.1996