Abstract
Implications of the recently discovered effect of channeling of upstream extra particles for transport phenomena in a two-dimensional plasma crystal are discussed. Upstream particles levitated above the lattice layer and tended to move between the rows of lattice particles. An example of heat transport is considered, where upstream particles act as moving heat sources, which may lead to anomalous heat transport. The average channeling length observed was 15–20 interparticle distances. Other features of the channeling process are also reported.
- Received 5 November 2013
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.021101
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