Buckling of Two-Dimensional Dusty Plasma Under Shock Compression

ORAL

Abstract

A shock was created in a two-dimensional (2D) dusty plasma consisting of monodisperse microparticles suspended in a sheath of radio-frequency discharge. The shock was mechanically excited by moving a thin wire parallel to the 2D microparticle cloud at supersonic speed. The out-of-plane motion of the microparticles, known as buckling, was observed in the region of shock compression. The conditions for the onset of the buckling were investigated.

*Work supported by: Army Research Office under MURI Grant No.W911NF-18-1-0240, U.S. Department of Energy Grant No. DE-SC0014566, NASA/JPL RSA No. 1689926, National Science Foundation Grant No. PHY-1740379

Presenters

  • Anton Kananovich

    • Appalachian State University

Authors

  • Anton Kananovich

    • Appalachian State University
  • John Goree

    • The University of Iowa