Heat transport in a two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma at melting conditions

The heat transport in a two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma undergoing a phase transition was studied experimentally. A single layer of highly charged polymer microspheres was suspended in a plasma sheath. A part of this lattice was heated by two counterpropagating focused laser beams that moved rapidly around in the lattice and provided short intense random kicks to the particles. Above a threshold, the lattice locally melted. The spatial profiles of the particle kinetic temperature were analyzed to find a thermal conductivity, which did not depend on temperature.     

Heat transfer in a two-dimensional crystalline complex (dusty) plasma

Heating and heat transfer were studied in a two-dimensional crystalline complex plasma at the kinetic level. The lattice was formed of microspheres levitated in a plasma sheath. One half of the crystal was heated anisotropically to obtain higher kinetic temperatures in one direction and heat conduction was observed in real time. It was found that the longitudinal phonons conduct heat better than the transverse. The thermometric conductivity coefficient was measured to be 53 mm2/s for longitudinal heating and 30 mm2/s for transverse heating. Heat decay lengths and energy exchange times between the temperature components were determined.     

Dissipative longitudinal solitons in a two-dimensional strongly coupled complex (dusty) plasma

Solitary waves are experimentally studied in a monolayer hexagonal dust lattice which is formed from monodisperse plastic microspheres and levitated in the sheath of an rf discharge. It is found that the product of the soliton amplitude and the square of the soliton width is constant as the soliton propagates. The analytical theory describing the experiment is based on the equations of motion written for a linear chain. It takes into account damping, dispersion, and nonlinearity. The numerical simulation of a linear chain produces double solitons like those observed in the experiment.     

Damped dust lattice shock wave in a strongly coupled complex (dusty) plasma

Taking into account “hydrodynamic damping” due to irreversible processes that occur within the system and the neutral drag due to the dust-neutral collision, a Burgers’ equation with a linear damping term is derived for a 1D nonlinear longitudinal dust lattice wave (LDLW) in homogeneous strongly coupled complex (dusty) plasma. The hydrodynamic damping generated-dissipative effect causes the generation of a shock wave in a dusty plasma crystal, whereas the neutral drag-induced dissipative effect causes the decay of the shock intensity with time. The width of the observed compressive shock increases (decreases) with an increase in shielding parameter κ (characteristic length L). Its implication in a glow-discharge plasma is briefly discussed. The text was submitted by the author in English.     

Structural features of a Lennard-Jones system at melting and crystallization

The structural features of the crystallization and melting of a system of particles whose pair interaction is described by the Lennard-Jones potential have been considered. The bond order parameter method is used to quantitatively describe the orientational short-range order. The rotational invariants of the second (q _l ) and third (w _l ) orders are calculated for each particle of the system. These calculations require only information on the snapshot of atom positions, which is quite easily obtained in experiments, and provide the distribution functions of particles in q _l and w _l (where l is the rank of an invariant; the results for l = 4, 6 are presented), which are important characteristics of the phase state of the system. It has been shown that the cumulant of the distribution of particles in w ₆ is very sensitive to the destruction/formation of the short-range orientational order in the Lennard-Jones system and, correspondingly, can be used as a criterion of the melting and crystallization of this system.     

Wave spectra in solid and liquid complex (dusty) plasmas

Spectra of longitudinal and transverse waves were obtained experimentally in liquid and solid two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasmas at different kinetic temperatures. As the temperature increased and the phase state of the plasma changed from solid to liquid, the phonon spectra of both longitudinal and transverse modes broadened (especially at high wave numbers), indicating increased damping. The transverse mode disappeared and a thermal (compressional) mode appeared.     

Effect of confinement on the crystallization of a dusty plasma in narrow channels

Three-dimensional quasi-equilibrium configurations of a complex (dusty) plasma in narrow channels are investigated using the molecular dynamics simulations for various confining potentials (confinements). The dynamics of the microparticles is described within the framework of a Langevin thermostat with allowance for the pair interaction between charged particles, which is described by a screened Coulomb potential (Yukawa potential). Two confinements—the parabolic potential and hard elastic wall—are considered. It is shown that the confinement strongly affects the crystallization and the local order of the microparticles in the system under consideration; in particular, the appearance of a new quasicrystalline phase induced by the hard wall confinement is revealed.     

Dispersion properties of a dusty plasma containing nonspherical rotating dust grains

The dispersion relation for a dusty plasma containing elongated and rotating charged dust grains is obtained by assuming that the dipole moments of the dust particulates are nonzero. The longitudinal waves with frequency close to the angular rotation frequency of the dust grains are found to be unstable. The results should be relevant to enhanced fluctuations in astrophysical environments.     

Rotational properties of annulus dusty plasma in a strong magnetic field

The collective dynamics of an annulus dusty plasma formed between a co-centric conducting (non-conducting) disk and ring configuration is studied in a strongly magnetized radiofrequency (rf) discharge. A superconducting electromagnet is used to introduce a homogeneous magnetic field to the dusty plasma medium. In the absence of the magnetic field, the dust grains exhibit thermal motion around their equilibrium position. The dust grains start to rotate in the anticlockwise direction with increasing magnetic field (B > 0.02 T ), and the constant value of the angular frequency at various strengths of the magnetic field confirms the rigid body rotation. The angular frequency of dust grains linearly increases up to a threshold magnetic field (B > 0.6 T ) and after that its value remains nearly constant in a certain range of magnetic field. Further increase in magnetic field (B > 1 T ) lowers the angular frequency. Low value of the angular frequency is expected by reducing the width of the annulus dusty plasma or the input rf power. The azimuthal ion drag force due to the magnetic field is assumed to be the energy source which drives the rotational motion. The resultant radial electric field in the presence of a magnetic field determines the direction of rotation. The variation of floating (plasma) potential across the annular region at given magnetic field explains the rotational properties of the annulus dusty plasma in the presence of a magnetic field.     

Shear flows and shear viscosity in a two-dimensional Yukawa system (dusty plasma)

The shear viscosity of a two-dimensional liquid-state dusty plasma was measured experimentally. A monolayer of highly charged polymer microspheres, with a Yukawa interaction, was suspended in a plasma sheath. Two counterpropagating Ar+ laser beams pushed the particles, causing shear-induced melting of the monolayer and a shear flow in a planar Couette configuration. By fitting the particle velocity profiles in the shear flow to a Navier-Stokes model, the kinematic viscosity was calculated; it was of order 1 mm(2) s(-1), depending on the monolayer's parameters and shear stress applied.     

修正屏蔽库仑势下二维尘埃等离子体的动力学和结构特性

本文考虑等离子体密度分布变化, 得到了修正屏蔽库仑势的解析解. 数值分析以及分子动力学模拟表明, 在常见实验室参数情况下, 等离子体密度分布变化引起的屏蔽库仑势修正对二维尘埃等离 子体系统的动力学和结构特性影响很小. 在极限参数情况下, 本模型的计算结果表明二维尘埃等离子体系统的扩散能力明显降低, 并且系统组态呈圆形分布. 此外, 本文还研究了实验室常见大小磁场对二维尘埃等离子体系统的影响. 关键词： 修正屏蔽库仑势 二维尘埃等离子体 分子动力学模拟     

Equilibrium molecular dynamics simulation of shear viscosity of two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasmas

Shear viscosity is examined throughout the entire range of strongly coupled states of two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma liquids (CDPLs). We have employed equilibrium molecular dynamics (EMD) simulation to compute the shear viscosity coefficients of CDPLs. In the strongly coupled liquid region, the values of valid viscosity coefficient can be estimated only in order of magnitude. The variations in the valid viscosity coefficients with screening strength (κ) and Coulomb coupling strengths (Γ) are observed. A systematic dependence of shear viscosity on κ is observed for an intermediate and higher Γ. The investigations showed that the position of the minimum viscosity coefficient shifts towards higher Γ as κ increases. The computational results for the entire range of liquid states of the strongly coupled dusty plasma obtained using the shear autocorrelation functions are in good agreement with the available simulation results and experimental data. It is shown that new simulations extended the range of plasma states (Γ, κ) used in our earlier simulation results for the existence of a finite minimum possible viscosity coefficient and it is also dependent on plasma states.     

Calculations of thermal conductivity of complex (dusty) plasmas using homogenous nonequilibrium molecular simulations

The heat conductivity of three-dimensional Yukawa dusty plasma liquids (YDPLs) has been investigated by employing a homogenous nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (HNEMD) technique at a low normalized force field strength (F*). The obtained results for plasma heat conductivity with suitable normalizations are measured over a wide range of various plasma states of the Coulomb coupling (Γ) and screening length (κ) in a canonical ensemble (NVT). The calculations for lattice correlations (Ψ) show that our YDPLs system remains in a nonideal strongly coupled regime for a complete range of Γ. It has been shown that the presented Yukawa system obeys a simple analytical temperature demonstration of λ₀ with a normalized Einstein frequency. The employed HNEMD algorithm is found to have a more efficient method than that of different earlier numerical methods and it gives more satisfactory results for lower to intermediate Γ with small system sizes at low F*. The obtained simulation results at nearly equilibrium F* (=?0.002) are in reasonable agreement with different earlier numerical results and with the present reference set of data showed deviations within less than ±15% for most of the present data points and generally underpredicted the λ₀ by 2–22%, depending on (Γ, κ).     

对含有非热力学平衡离子的尘埃等离子体中孤波特性的理论研究

得到了描述由尘埃颗粒电荷变化、非热力学平衡分布的离子和Boltzmann分布的电子组成的未磁化的热尘埃等离子体中的尘埃声波的修正的KdV (mKdV) 方程. 并对诸多的尘埃等离子体参数对尘埃声孤波结构的影响进行了理论研究，结果表明，尘埃等离子体参数决定着尘埃声孤波结构，且只在这些参数特别选定的一些区域，才会出现稳定的孤波. 关键词： 非热力学平衡离子 尘埃颗粒电荷变化 尘埃声孤波     

Shifting of the thermal properties of amorphous germanium films upon relaxation and crystallization

The modification of the thermal conductivity and melting temperature of unrelaxed amorphous Ge films on Si substrates upon laser-induced relaxation and crystallization is presented. Real-Time Reflectivity (RTR) measurements are used to determine experimentally both the melting threshold and the melt durations, and the finite element method is used to simulate the laser-induced heat-flow process. A thermal conductivity ofk=0.010 W dem K is determined for the unrelaxed material by fitting the experimental melting thresholds of unrelaxed films of different thicknesses. A similar procedure applied to the amorphous relaxed and crystallized materials lead to a shift to higher values of both the thermal conductivity and the melting temperature. In order to achieve a good fit of the experimental melt durations, it was necessary to assume a large degree of undercooling prior to solidification. The role of undercooling in the solidification process is finally discussed in terms of its dependence on the faser energy density and the high thermal conductivity of the substrate.     

Viscosity of a dusty plasma liquid

We present the results of our experimental study of the flow of a dusty plasma liquid produced by macroparticles in an argon plasma. The dependences of shear viscosity for such a liquid on the magnitude of the external force inducing the dusty plasma liquid flow and on the plasma-generating gas pressure are analyzed. We have established that the viscosity of a dusty plasma medium decreases with increasing shear stress in it, while the viscosity of such a liquid increases with buffer gas pressure. The flow of a dusty plasma liquid under the action of an external force has been found to resemble the plastic deformation of a Bingham body. We suggest that the formation of crystal-like dusty plasma clusters in a “liquid” phase can be responsible for the non-Newtonian behavior of the dusty plasma liquid flow.     

Structural relaxation,crystallization and improvement of magnetic properties in FeXSiB (X=Cr,Nb)-type amorphous alloys

In the present paper, the influence of Nb and Cr on intensity of structural relaxation, crystallization processes, electric and magnetic properties in the Fe₇₆Nb₂Si₁₃B₉, Fe₇₆Cr₂Si₁₃B₉ and Fe₇₆Nb₁Cr₁Si₁₃B₉ alloys were investigated. It was shown that the improvement of magnetic permeability caused by a suitable annealing is a thermally activated process. Activation energy of this process is found to be of the order of 1 eV. Cr as an alloying addition to the Fe–Si–B alloy does not change the 1 h optimization annealing temperature and causes an increase of its efficiency. Nb as an alloying addition causes an increase of the 1 h optimization annealing temperature, and also the temperature of the first step of crystallization.     

Structural and crystallization behavior of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 borosilicate glasses

Various glass samples were prepared by melt quench technique in the glass system [(Ba_{1? x} Sr _x ) TiO₃]–[2SiO₂–B₂O₃]–[K₂O] doped with 1?mole% of La₂O₃. Infrared spectra show the number of absorption peaks with different spliting in the wave number range from 450 to 4000?cm^?1. Absorption peaks occurs due to asymetric vibrational streching of borate by relaxation of the bond B–O of trigonal BO₃. Raman spectra show the Raman bands due to ring-type metaborate anions, symmetric breathing vibrations BO₃ triangles replaced by BO₄ tetrahedra, and symmetric breathing vibrations of six-member rings. The differential thermal analysis of a glass sample corresponding to composition x?=?0.0 shows crystallization temperature at 847°C and glass transition temperature at 688°C. X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern of glass ceramic samples shows the major crystalline phase of BaTiO₃ whereas pyrochlore phases of barium titanium silicate. Scanning electron micrographs confirm the results of XRD as barium titanate is major crystalline phase along with pyrochlore phase of barium titanium silicate.     

Study of slag content and properties after plasma melting of incineration ash

The paper presents the investigation of plasma melting of the mixed bottom and fly incineration ash at various mixing ratios of the components. Chemical compound of the bottom and fly ash as well as the slag after its melting was analyzed by different methods, and the content of toxic components in them was determined. It is demonstrated that the direct disposal of the fly and bottom incineration ash may cause dioxin and heavy metal contamination of the environment. The influence of melted ash basicity on the resulting slag compound was studied. The mass balance of the melting process was defined. The tests were performed to determine the heavy-metals leaching from the ash and slag. It is also shown that the slag after plasma melting is dioxin-free and environmentally friendly.