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单分散复杂等离子体中的正方晶格形成

Square lattice formation in a monodisperse complex plasma

Swarnima Sing, Pintu Bandyopadhyay, Krishan Kumar, Abhijit Sen

摘要:

我们提出了在单分散复杂等离子体系统中形成正方形晶格的第一个观察结果-一种长期以来一直是该领域实验挑战的构型转变现象。实验是在桌面L形尘埃等离子体实验(DPEx-II)装置中进行的,在直流辉光放电氩等离子体环境中。通过仔细控制限制带电粒子的垂直电势以及离子尾流电荷与尘埃粒子相互作用的强度,我们能够将系统转向呈现正方形晶格配置的晶相。当垂直约束强度稍微降低到临界值以下时,会发生这种转变,从而导致单分散六边形2D尘埃晶体屈曲,形成窄分离的双层状态(准2D状态)。通过分子动力学(MD)模拟的相关参数,我们的实验提供了一些理论上的见解的过渡过程。

英文摘要:

We present the first observations of a square lattice formation in a monodisperse complex plasma system - a configurational transition phenomenon that has long been an experimental challenge in the field. The experiments are conducted in a tabletop L-shaped Dusty Plasma Experimental (DPEx-II) device in a DC glow discharge Argon plasma environment. By a careful control of the vertical potential confining the charged particles as well as the strength of the ion wake charge interactions with the dust particles we are able to steer the system towards a crystalline phase that exhibits a square lattice configuration. The transition occurs when the vertical confinement strength is slightly reduced below a critical value leading to a buckling of the monodisperse hexagonal 2D dust crystal to form a narrowly separated bilayer state (a quasi-2D state). Some theoretical insights into the transition process are provided through Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations carried out for the parameters relevant to our experiment.

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