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Published on: November 30, 2012
Wave modes in shear-deformed two-dimensional plasma crystals
A V Ivlev1, T B Röcker1, L Couëdel2
1Max-Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, 85741 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
A theory of wave modes in shear-deformed two-dimensional plasma crystals is presented. Modification of the dispersion relations upon the pure and simple shear, and the resulting effect on the onset of the mode-coupling instability, are studied. In particular, it is explained why the velocity fluctuation spectra measured in experiments with sheared crystals exhibit asymmetric "hot spots": It is shown that the coupling of the in-plane compressional and the out-of-plane modes, leading to the formation of an unstable hybrid mode and generation of the hot spots, is enhanced in a certain direction determined by deformation.
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