Issue |
EPL
Volume 83, Number 1, July 2008
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Article Number | 15005 | |
Number of page(s) | 3 | |
Section | Physics of Gases, Plasmas and Electric Discharges | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/83/15005 | |
Published online | 18 June 2008 |
On the dust charging equation
Department of Plasma Physics, E. Andronikashvili Institute of Physics - Tbilisi, Georgia
Corresponding author: nltsin@yahoo.com
Received:
1
April
2008
Accepted:
22
May
2008
A general derivation of the charging equation of a dust grain is presented, and indicated where and when it can be used. The problem of linear fluctuations of charges on the surface of the dust grain is discussed.
PACS: 52.27.Lw – Dusty or complex plasmas; plasma crystals
© EPLA, 2008
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