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Waves and Instabilities in Dusty Plasmas - University of Iowa

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Quas<strong>in</strong>eutrality <strong>in</strong> dusty plasmas<br />

• For low frequency waves the condition<br />

holds <strong>in</strong> both zero <strong>and</strong> first order<br />

ni = ne + Zdnd<br />

• def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g:<br />

ε = n n<br />

do<br />

io<br />

we characterize the<br />

dusty plasma us<strong>in</strong>g the quantity<br />

εZ d<br />

which is the fraction <strong>of</strong> negative charge on<br />

the dust gra<strong>in</strong>s

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