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Design and Optimization Strategies of a High-Performance Vented Box
Published on: June 9, 2023
Ion-wake field inside a glass box
Mudi Chen1, Michael Dropmann1,2, Bo Zhang1
1Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place 97310, Waco, Texas 76798-7310, USA.
Abstract:
The confinement provided by a glass box is proving ideal for the formation of vertically aligned structures and a convenient method for controlling the number of dust particles comprising these dust structures as well as their sizes and shapes. In this paper, the electronic confinement of the glass box is mapped, and the particle interactions between the particle pairs inside the glass box are measured. The ion-wake field is shown to exist within the glass box, and its vertical and horizontal extents are measured.
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