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Synchronization of particle motion induced by mode coupling in a two-dimensional plasma crystal

L. Couëdel, S. Zhdanov, V. Nosenko, A. V. Ivlev, H. M. Thomas, and G. E. Morfill
Phys. Rev. E 89, 053108 – Published 30 May 2014
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Abstract

The kinematics of dust particles during the early stage of mode-coupling induced melting of a two-dimensional plasma crystal is explored. It is found that the formation of the hybrid mode causes the particle vibrations to partially synchronize at the hybrid frequency. Phase- and frequency-locked hybrid particle motion in both vertical and horizontal directions (hybrid mode) is observed. The system self-organizes in a rhythmic pattern of alternating in-phase and antiphase oscillating chains of particles. The spatial orientation of the synchronization pattern correlates well with the directions of the maximal increment of the shear-free hybrid mode.

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  • Received 25 February 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053108

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

L. Couëdel1,*, S. Zhdanov2, V. Nosenko2,3, A. V. Ivlev2, H. M. Thomas2,3, and G. E. Morfill2

  • 1CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moléculaires, 13397 Marseille cedex 20, France
  • 2Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, D-85741 Garching, Germany
  • 3Forschungsgruppe Komplexe Plasmen, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und-Raumfahrt, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

  • *lenaic.couedel@univ-amu.fr

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Vol. 89, Iss. 5 — May 2014

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