Vapour-liquid phase transition in dusty plasmas

Citation
K. Avinash et Pk. Shukla, Vapour-liquid phase transition in dusty plasmas, PHYS LETT A, 255(1-2), 1999, pp. 82-88
Citations number
14
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
0375-9601 → ACNP
Volume
255
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
82 - 88
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(19990503)255:1-2<82:VPTIDP>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The equation of state describing the Coulomb liquids and the vapour-liquid phase transition in dusty plasmas is derived by making a virial expansion i n terms of g(-1) = n(d)lambda(D)(3) < 1, where n(d) and lambda(D) are the d ust number density and the Dusty plasma Debye length, respectively. The exp ressions for the latent heat of transition, the Joule cooling of the dust g rains and the Boyles temperatures are obtained. Furthermore, a simple model for the one-dimensional dust crystal is constructed and the process of the sublimation of the linear dust chain, melting of the two-dimensional latti ces, etc, are briefly discussed. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.