Numerical simulations of the particle image velocimetry technique applied to dusty plasmas

A dusty plasma is a system composed of ions, electrons, neutral particles, and charged microparticles. The dust component in this cloud of ionized gas consists of micron- to nanometer-sized dust grains, which allows for the study of physics on the kinetic level. Recent developments in stereoscopic and tomographic particle image velocimetry (stereo-PIV) techniques have been used to map the underlying distribution functions of the microparticles. This poster describes the numerical study of the PIV measurement technique and its application to the measured three-dimensional velocity space distribution function.