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Non-equilibrium Microwave Plasma for Efficient High Temperature Chemistry
Published on: August 1, 2017
Heat transport in a two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma at melting conditions
V Nosenko1, S Zhdanov, A V Ivlev
1Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
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.
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