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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 10, Number PR5, March 2000
The 1999 International Conference on Strongly Coupled Coulomb Systems
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| Page(s) | Pr5-395 - Pr5-398 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2000576 | |
J. Phys. IV France 10 (2000) Pr5-395-Pr5-398
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2000576
Statistical properties of relaxing dusty plasmas
Y.I. Chutov1, O.Yu. Kravchenko1, R.D. Smirnov1 and P.P.J.M. Schram21 Faculty of Radio Physics, Taras Shevchenko Kiev University, Volodymyrs'ka Str. 64, 252017 Kiev, Ukraine
2 Department of Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Abstract
The Liouville equation is considered for relaxing dusty plasmas consisting initially of equilibrium electrons and ions as well as neutral dust particles. The plasmas relax then due to a collection of electrons and ions by dust particles. The free and collected electrons and ions are considered as a common sub-system described by the common whole distribution function. It is shown that the sub-system is described by a complex integral-differential equation, which can be expected to lead to Non-Markovian kinetics and a memory effect. Free electrons and ions can be non-ideal components of relaxing dusty plasmas due to the intensive collection of electrons and ions by dust particles even in cases if numbers of electrons and ions in the Debye cube are large. 3D computer modeling of the relaxing dusty plasma in cubic plasma crystals shows that the selective collection of electrons and ions by dust particles causes a deviation from the initial equilibrium as well as a non-equilibrium evolution of the self-consistent electric charge of the dust particles
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