Abstract. Laboratory simulations of charging dust grains are a way to understanding the role of dust grains in complex plasma in space as well as in technical applications. Our laboratory experiment von dust particles is based on an electrodynamic quadrupole trap in that we are able to hold a single dust particle for a long time (typically tens of hours) and to study effects induced by charging...

Magnetically driven astrophysical jets are related to accretion and involve toroidal magnetic field pressure inflating poloidal magnetic field flux surfaces. Examination of particle motion in combined gravitational and magnetic fields shows that these astrophysical jet toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields can be powered by the gravitational energy liberated by accreting dust grains that have b...

We consider the influence of dust charge fluctuations on damping of the dust-ion-acoustic waves. It is assumed that all grains have equal masses but charges are not constant in time they may fluctuate in time. The dust charges are not really independent of the variations in the plasma potentials. All modes will influence the charging mechanism, and feedback will lead to several new interesting ...

Dust grains of various shapes and materials can be found anywhere in the space where the temperature decreases under a melting point. Many plasma processes are driven by the grain charge but, on the other hand, dust grain charging can be influenced by several different processes, too. Among others, secondary emission can play a dominant role wherever the plasma is hot. In the present paper, a f...

Dust grains — objects of different shapes with a size distribution from micro to nanometers — are generally considered as a part of many space as well as laboratory plasmas. Among various charging processes, electron-induced secondary emission plays an important role wherever plasma contains a noteworthy portion of hot electrons. We have developed a numerical model of charging dust grains due t...

[1] We present an electrodynamic model of a dust devil applying a similar methodology as performed previously for charging in terrestrial thunderstorms. While thunderstorm processes focus on inductive charging between large graupel and smaller ice and water droplets, we tailor the model to focus on the electric charge transfer between dust grains of different sizes and compositions. We specific...

Based on quantum hydrodynamics theory (QHD), the propagation of nonlinear quantum dust-ion acoustic (QDIA) solitary waves in a ‎collision-less, unmagnetized four component quantum plasma consisting of electrons, positrons, ions and stationary negatively charged ‎dust grains with dust charge variation is investigated using reductive perturbation method. The charging current to the dust grains ca...

Experiments are performed pertaining to the charging of single dust particles in space due to three effects: (1) photoemission, (2) the collection of electrons from a photoemissive surface, and (3) triboelectric charging. The particles tested are 90–106 mm in diameter and include JSC-1 (lunar regolith simulant) and JSC-Mars-1 (Martian regolith simulant). Isolated conducting grains (Zn, Cu, and ...

A comparative analysis of the most important dissipative processes occurring during the excitation and propagation of dust ion-acoustic shocks in a Q machine device, among which are the charging of dust grains, the absorption of ions by grains, the transfer of the ion momentum to the grains, and Landau damping, is performed. The relative roles played by dissipative processes in different types ...

A dusty plasma device recently described in the literature has been utilized to study experimentally the charging of dust grains by the surrounding plasma. By varying the ratio d/A D between the intergrain distance and the plasma Debye length, the effects predicted by Goertz and Ip (1984), and subsequently reanalyzed in a more general fashion by Whipple et al. (1985), when "isolated" dust grain...