Evolution of a dust void in a radio-frequency plasma sheath

R.P. Dahiya, G.V. Paeva, W.W. Stoffels, E. Stoffels - Adamowicz, G.M.W. Kroesen, K. Avinash, A. Bhattacharjee

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Abstract

The onset and growth of a dust void are investigated in a radio-frequency (rf) sheath of a capacitively coupled argon plasma. A circularly symmetric void emerges and grows with increasing rf power and pressure in the central region of the dust cloud levitating in the sheath. Experimental measurements of the void diameter are compared with the predictions of a simple phenomenological theory, based on a balance of forces on dust grains.
Original languageEnglish
Article number125001
Pages (from-to)125001-1/4
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume89
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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