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Phys Rev Lett. 2001 Dec 03;87(23):235001. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.235001. Epub 2001 Nov 16.

Direct determination of particle-particle interactions in a 2D plasma dust crystal.

Physical review letters

G A Hebner, M E Riley, D S Johnson, P Ho, R J Buss

Affiliations

  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1423.

PMID: 11736454 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.235001

Abstract

Particle interactions were directly determined from the lateral compression of two-dimensional plasma dust crystals confined in a parabolic potential well. Measured particle separations combined with an equation of state for the crystal were used to derive values for the particle screening length and the charge on the particles. The shape of the parabolic potential well was confirmed by observing trajectories of single particles falling within the well. No evidence of a lateral particle-particle binding was observed.

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