Conveners
T2-2 Plasma Physics Symposium II (DPP) | Symposium de physique des plasmas II (DPP)
- Stephan Reuter (Polytechnique Montreal)
The dependence of the mode-coupling instability threshold in two-dimensional complex plasma crystals is studied. It is shown that for a given microparticle suspension at a given discharge power there exist two thresholds in pressure. Above a specific pressure p_cryst , the monolayer is always in the crystal phase. Below a specific pressure p MCI , the crystalline monolayer undergoes the...
The inference of basic plasma parameters such as density and temperature, is a century old problem, starting with the seminal work of Tonks and Langmuir in the early 1900. Several theories have been developed to determine probe characteristics; that is, collected currents as a function of bias voltage, under diverse laboratory and more recently, space plasma conditions. The advantage of the...
During quiet times, Earth’s ionosphere is characterized by relatively cool temperatures of 2,000 K (~0.2 eV) and less. However, the ionosphere can be highly disturbed in the presence of the aurora, which during active periods deposits hundreds of GW into the high-latitude atmosphere via the ionosphere. This energy comes from the magnetosphere in the form charged particle precipitation, Joule...
