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SYCP: Symposium Strongly coupled plasmas

SYCP 1: Symposium Strongly Coupled Plasmas

SYCP 1.4: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 15:30–16:00, 5D

Complex Plasmas: New Discoveries in Strong Coupling Physics — •Gregor Morfill — Max-Planck-Institut fuer extraterrestrische Physik, Garching

The talk focuses on new developments in strong coupling physics, based on experiments and theory in complex plasmas. Making use of the unique properties of complex plasmas-the ability to visualise the systems at the individual particle level, the excellent time resolution at the relevant interaction time scales and the ease of manipulation- a number of fundamental generic issues can be investigated at the most elementary (individual particle) level: the stability principles of condensed matter, the onset of cooperative phenomena, pathways to equilibrium, laminar shear flows, kinetic onset of turbulence, self-organising principles in crystal growth. We will discuss the latest progress in some of these areas.