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Self-similar expansion of dusty plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1997

S. R. PILLAY ,
S. V. SINGH ,
R. BHARUTHRAM  and
M. Y. YU
S. R. PILLAY
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durban–Westville, Durban 4000, South Africa
S. V. SINGH
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durban–Westville, Durban 4000, South Africa
R. BHARUTHRAM
Affiliation:
Also at Plasma Physics Research Institute, University of Natal, Durban 4001, South Africa. Department of Physics, University of Durban–Westville, Durban 4000, South Africa
M. Y. YU
Affiliation:
Theoretische Physik I, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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Abstract

The radially symmetric self-similar expansion of a dusty plasma is investigated in cylindrical and spherical geometries. The electrons and ions are assumed to be in Boltzmann equilibria, while the dynamics of the dust particles is governed by the fluid equations. The effects of finite dust pressure as well as dust-charge variation are included.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , October 1997 , pp. 467 - 474
Copyright
1997 Cambridge University Press

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