Plasma decays in dusty afterglow

Lénaïc Couëdel (1, 2) , Abdelaziz Mezeghrane (1) , Brian W. James (2) , Maxime Mikikian (1) , Alexander A. Samarian (2) , Marjorie Cavarroc (1) , Yves Tessier (1) , Laifa Boufendi (1)

1 GREMI - Groupe de recherches sur l'énergétique des milieux ionisés
2 School of Physics

Measurements of electron density decay in the afterglow of dust-free and dusty plasmas have been performed. It has been shown that the presence of dust particles enhances the electron loss rate. Preliminary measurements on an argon line decay showed that dust particles quiken the line decay.

Mots clés: Dusty plasma; Afterglow; Electron density

Domaines: Plasmas; Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Lénaïc Couëdel, Abdelaziz Mezeghrane, Brian W. James, Maxime Mikikian, Alexander A. Samarian, et al.. Plasma decays in dusty afterglow. 34th European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics, Jul 2007, Varsovie, Poland. pp.P-2.068. ⟨hal-00331249⟩