München 2019 – scientific programme
Parts | Days | Selection | Search | Updates | Downloads | Help
P: Fachverband Plasmaphysik
P 14: Complex and Dusty Plasmas II
P 14.4: Talk
Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 12:10–12:25, HS 20
Wave transmission across an interface in a complex plasma — •Mierk Schwabe1, Cheng-Ran Du2, Wei Sun2, Li Yang2, and Hubertus Thomas1 — 1Institut für Materialphysik im Weltraum, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), 82234 Weßling, Germany — 2College of Science, Donghua University, 201620 Shanghai, PRC
Complex plasmas consist of low-temperature plasmas with embedded microparticles. The microparticles acquire electric charges of thousands of electrons and strongly interact with each other. Due to their relatively large size and slow speed, their movement can be recorded with digital cameras and traced from frame to frame. Here, we study the propagation of waves across an interface formed between two sub-clouds of microparticles of different sizes. For this, we use data recorded under microgravity using the PK-3 Plus Laboratory on board the International Space Station, as well as Langevin dynamics simulations of a complex plasma. Firstly, we study how self-excited waves are transmitted across the interface and demonstrate that a collision zone and a merger zone form. Secondly, we study the propagation of a solitary wave across an interface and demonstrate that at low pressures, reflection at the interface can be observed.