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Effect of an external magnetic field on a critical point for phase separation in a dusty plasma

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: The effect of an external magnetic field on a critical point for phase transitions in a dusty plasma is investigated. It is shown that the ambient magnetic field increases the effective hard core radius of dust particles, which, in turn, would affect a critical point in terms of the Coulomb coupling parameter and the ratio between the inter-dust grain spacing and the dusty plasma Debye radius. The present result may be useful in understanding the phenomenon of liquid–vapor phase transitions in laboratory dusty plasmas that are held in an external magnetic field.

Source: Physica Scripta

DOI: 10.1088/0031-8949/86/03/035504

Authors: K Avinash, P K Shukla, R L Merlino

Institutions: University of Delhi, University of Alabama, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of California San Diego, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Iowa

Language: English

Topic: Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

OpenAlex ID: W2140399377

FWCI: 1.004

Cites: 11

Cited by: 9

Related to: 10