On the thermophoresis in dense dust structures in neon plasma
Institution:
1. Joint Institute for High Temperatures of Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya 13 Bldg 2, Moscow 125412, Russia;2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy Pereulok 9, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141701, Russia
Abstract:
Numerical study of the effect of dust particle concentration on the thermophoretic force acting on a dust particle inside a dust structure in plasma has been carried out. The experimental data on the formation of voids in dust structures formed by 2.55 μm dust particles in a glow dc discharge in neon have been used. The simulation has been performed using the diffusion-drift model with taking into account joule heating of discharge. The dependence of the thermophoretic force acting on a dust particle in a dust structure on the ratio of atom mean free path to the distance between the adjacent particles in the dust structure has been obtained.