Pattern phenomena in an rf discharge dusty plasma system

Various dust patterns are observed in an rf discharge dusty plasma system. According to the dust growth process from small to large in size, the formation of different dust patterns can be divided into two stages: the small-particle stage (or dust cloud stage), and the large-particle stage (or dust crystal stage). The evolution relations between different dust patterns with gas pressure changing are investigated. Dust voids, dust acoustic waves and strong turbulence modes are presented at the small-particle stage. The self-organized dust lattices and dust clusters are investigated at the large-particle stage. The static structure of a dust lattice is characterized by means of the pair correlation function. Dust clusters formed by particles with different numbers and the regular evolution of the clusters with gas pressure are also investigated. The packing sequences of dust clusters are verified through two-dimensional confined molecular dynamics simulations.     

Molecular dynamics study of two-and three-dimensional classical fluids using double Yukawa potential

We have carried out a molecular dynamics simulation of two- and three-dimensional double Yukawa fluids near the triple point. We have compared some of the static and dynamic correlation functions with those of Lennard—Jones, when parameters occurring in double Yukawa potential are chosen to fit Lennard-Jones potential. The results are in good agreement. However, when repulsive and attractive parameters occurring in double Yukawa potential are varied, we found distinct differences in static and dynamic correlation functions. We have also compared the two-dimensional correlation functions with those of three-dimensional to study the effect of dimensionality, near the triple point region.     

Analysis of dusty plasma in the positive column of glow discharges

The radial distributions of ions,electrons and dust particles in the positive colum of glow discharges are investigated in a tripled-pole diffusion model.The dust particles are mainly trapped in the region around the column axis where the electrostatic potential is the highest.The presence of the dust particles results in the ion density increasing and the electron density decreasiung in the dust-trapped region.The dust-trapped region is wider for a higher dust temperature or a smaller particulate redius.The ions and electrons in the dust-free region away from the column axis are in ambipolar diffusion.     

Stochastic motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field: II Quantum Brownian treatment

We study the quantum Brownian motion of a charged particle in the presence of a magnetic field. From the explicit solution of a quantum Langevin equation we calculate quantities such as the velocity correlation function and the mean-squared displacement. Our calculated expressions contain as special cases the motion of aclassical particle in a magnetic field and that of afree (but quantum) particle, in a dissipative environment.     

Determination of Velocity Autocorrelation Functions by Multiple Data Acquisition in NMR Pulsed-Field Gradient Experiments

An extension of NMR pulsed-field gradient experiments toward the generation, acquisition, and analysis of multiple echoes is presented. In contrast to currently used measurements where a single or double encoding of displacements by gradient pulses is followed by an acquisition of the echo signal at the end of the sequence, sampling and analyzing the intermediately occurring echoes allows a direct distinction between coherent and dispersive contributions to fluid motion without additional referencing measurements. It is shown that a series of gradient pulse pairs, leading to a train of echoes, can be employed to map the time-dependence of the velocity autocorrelation function between displacements within a single experiment for a system undergoing flow or motion.     

Dynamic symmetry loss of high-frequency hysteresis loops in single-domain particles with uniaxial anisotropy

Understanding how magnetic materials respond to rapidly varying magnetic fields, as in dynamic hysteresis loops, constitutes a complex and physically interesting problem. But in order to accomplish a thorough investigation, one must necessarily consider the effects of thermal fluctuations. Albeit being present in all real systems, these are seldom included in numerical studies. The notable exceptions are the Ising systems, which have been extensively studied in the past, but describe only one of the many mechanisms of magnetization reversal known to occur. In this paper we employ the Stochastic Landau-Lifshitz formalism to study high-frequency hysteresis loops of single-domain particles with uniaxial anisotropy at an arbitrary temperature. We show that in certain conditions the magnetic response may become predominantly out-of-phase and the loops may undergo a dynamic symmetry loss. This is found to be a direct consequence of the competing responses due to the thermal fluctuations and the gyroscopic motion of the magnetization. We have also found the magnetic behavior to be exceedingly sensitive to temperature variations, not only within the superparamagnetic-ferromagnetic transition range usually considered, but specially at even lower temperatures, where the bulk of interesting phenomena is seen to take place.     

NONLINEAR LOCALIZED STRUCTURE IN DUSTY PLASMA

The nonlinear effect of ponderomotive force of high-frequency ion motion on the low-frequency motion of ions coupling with the dust density fluctuation is investigated. The nonlinear localized structure described by Zakharov equations and nonlinear Schr?dinger equation in dusty plasma are obtained. Envelope solitons for high-frequency ion motion and the dust density cavitons are also obtained and discussed.     

The instability of electrostatic wave in a magnetized dusty plasma with nonadiabatic dust charge fluctuation

The effects of external magnetized field and nonadiabatic dust charge fluctuation on instability of wave incorporating the nonthermally distributed ions and the temperatures of ion and dust in dusty plasmas are investigated. A linear dispersion relation is obtained. The numerical results show that the external magnetized field, fast ions and nonadiabatic dust charge fluctuation have strong influence on the frequency and the damping of wave.     

Effect of multicomponent dust grains in a cold quantum dusty plasma

By employing the quantum hydrodynamic model for electron-ion-dust plasma,we derive a dispersion relation of the quantum dusty plasma.The effects of the dust size distribution on the dispersion relation in a cold quantum dusty plasma are studied.Both analytical and numerical results are given to compare the differences between the dusty plasma by considering the dust size distribution and the mono-sized dusty plasma.It is shown that many system parameters can significantly influence the dispersion relation of the quantum dusty plasma.