Low-frequency electrostatic wave in a metallic electron-hole-ion plasma with nanoparticles
Abstract
We investigate the dispersion property of a low-frequency electrostatic wave in a dense metallic electron-hole-ion plasma with nanoparticles. The latter are charged due to the field emission, and hence the metallic nanoparticles/nanotubes can be regarded as charged dust rods surrounded by degenerate electrons and holes, and non-degenerate ions. By using a quantum hydrodynamic model for the electrons and holes, we obtain the electron and hole number density perturbations, while the ion and dust rod number density perturbations follow the classical expressions. A dispersion relation for the low-frequency electrostatic wave in our multi-species dense metallic plasma is derived and analyzed. The possibility of exciting non-thermal electrostatic waves is also discussed.
- Publication:
-
Journal of Plasma Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0022377809990080
- Bibcode:
- 2009JPlPh..75..581S