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Dynamics of Lane Formation in Driven Binary Complex Plasmas

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The dynamical onset of lane formation is studied in experiments with binary complex plasmas under microgravity conditions. Small microparticles are driven and penetrate into a cloud of big particles, revealing a strong tendency towards lane formation. The observed time-resolved lane-formation process is in good agreement with computer simulations of a binary Yukawa model with Langevin dynamics. The laning is quantified in terms of the anisotropic scaling index, leading to a universal order parameter for driven systems.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.102.085003

Authors: K. R. Sütterlin, A. Wysocki, A. V. Ivlev, C. Räth, H. M. Thomas, M. Rubin-Zuzic, W. J. Goedheer, V. E. Fortov, A. M. Lipaev, V. I. Molotkov, O. F. Petrov, G. E. Morfill, H. Löwen

Institutions: Max Planck Society, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Joint Institute for High Temperatures

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: green

OpenAlex ID: W2124684261

FWCI: 8.356

Cites: 19

Cited by: 165

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