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Isotropic and Anisotropic Monolayer Structures in RF Discharge Plasma
Anastasiya A Alekseevskaya1, Elena V Vasilieva1, Anatoly V Filippov1,2
1Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya St. 13 Bld. 2, Moscow 125412, Russia.
Abstract:
We present the results of an experimental and analytical study of the structural and dynamic properties of a monolayer consisting of dust grains in an electrostatic trap in an RF discharge plasma. The possibility of forming a monolayer with an isotropic distribution for interparticle distance and kinetic energy of particles in the structure has been experimentally shown. Isotropy has crucial importance for the study of various processes in such systems, including the kinetics of phase transitions, the formation of directed flows, wave propagation, and others.
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