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Parameters of a collisional radio-frequency sheath and dust characteristics resulting from the microparticle levitation

Phys. Plasmas 16, 103505 (2009); doi:10.1063/1.3251519

Published 27 October 2009

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V. V. Yaroshenko, T. Antonova, H. M. Thomas, and G. E. Morfill
Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, D-85741 Garching, Germany
The screening length, the time-average electric field, and the particle charge as well as the local vertical gradients of these quantities are determined experimentally within a sheath of a capacitively coupled rf, 13.56 MHz, discharge at enhanced argon gas pressures of 30, 55, and 100 Pa. The parameters are derived directly from comparative measurements of levitation positions of the particles of different sizes and variations in the levitation heights caused by formation of new dust layers. The electrostatic effect of the horizontally extended dust layers on the sheath electric field is investigated. ©2009 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 6 July 2009; accepted 30 September 2009; published 27 October 2009
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 52.40.Kh
    Plasma sheaths
  • 52.80.Pi
    High-frequency and RF discharges
  • 52.27.Lw
    Dusty or complex plasmas; plasma crystals
  • 52.20.-j
    Elementary processes in plasma
  • YEAR: 2009

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