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¹Department of Physics and Center for Complex Systems, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan 32001, Republic of China.

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Investigating microdiffusion in charged dust suspensions reveals a transition from sub- to superdiffusion. Increased dust separation enhances motion correlation, suppressing relative diffusion and impacting non-Gaussian displacement patterns.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Complex Systems
Plasma Physics

Background:

Dusty plasmas exhibit complex behaviors due to inter-particle interactions.
Microdiffusion in such systems is crucial for understanding particle dynamics and phase transitions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate microdiffusion dynamics of charged dust particles in a (2+1)-dimensional liquid.
To analyze the influence of inter-dust interactions and time scales on diffusion regimes.

Main Methods:

Simulations of negatively charged dust particles in a low-pressure Argon gas discharge.
Analysis of single-particle displacement and spatial displacement correlation between dust pairs.

Main Results:

Transverse hopping drives a transition from subdiffusion to superdiffusion with increasing time scales.
Spatial displacement correlation grows with time, suppressing relative diffusion between dust pairs.
Longitudinal coupling significantly enhances motion correlation and suppresses relative diffusion.

Conclusions:

Inter-particle interactions and coupling strengths dictate diffusion regimes in dusty plasmas.
Bond breaking at hopping cluster boundaries explains long-time relative diffusion and non-Gaussian behavior.
Anisotropic coupling (longitudinal vs. transverse) plays a key role in particle dynamics and correlation propagation.