Introduction to Dusty Plasma Physics

Shukla P. K., Mamun A.0-7503-0653-X

This text covers theoretical and experimental aspects of dusty plasma physics for students and scientists with a basic graduate level knowledge of wave motions in plasmas and fluids. Shukla (Ruhr U., Germany) and Mamun (Jahangranagar U., Bangladesh) describe the occurrence of dusty plasmas in our Solar System, the Earth’s mesosphere, and in laboratory discharges. Topics include, for example, dust grain charging processes and dynamics, types of waves in both unmagnetized and magnetized dusty plasmas, and the formation of dust crystals