Dusty molecules in a magnetic field
Abstract
The influence of an external magnetic field on the interaction of dusty particles in a gas discharge plasma is considered. It is shown that the attractive force of dusty particles in weak magnetic fields grows with the increasing field as H {2}/{3} and tends to a constant in the limit of strong magnetic fields. It is also demonstrated that a dusty molecule in a magnetic field can have a discrete number of equilibrium positions.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- December 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00787-7
- Bibcode:
- 1998PhLA..250..149F