Particle Growth in an Experimental Dusty Plasma System ☆Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 11675261. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jiang 姜, Shou-Zhi 守志; Hou 侯, Xue-Ni 雪妮; Kong, Jie; Matthews, Lorin S.; Hyde, Truell W.; Huang 黄, Feng 峰; Wang 王, Min-Juan 敏娟
• Is Part Of: Chinese physics letters. Volume 35:Number 12(2018:Dec.)
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: 52.27.Lw; Physics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 530.05
• DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/35/12/125201
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0256-307X

Abstract

Abstract : The coagulation and growth process of dust particles is investigated through laboratory experiment in a plasma system. A large number of dust particles with different sizes and shapes are formed. The growth process is characterized by the scattering laser intensity and fractal dimension. The comparisons of dust particles and scattering laser intensity obtained at different rf powers are presented. The three-dimensional distribution of dust particles is also given. These results provide an experimental basis for dust growth investigation .