{"title":"Dusty molecules in a magnetic field","authors":"V.E. Fortov , A.P. Nefedov , V.D. Lakhno","doi":"10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00787-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of an external magnetic field on the interaction of dusty particles in a gas discharge plasma is considered. It is shown that the attractive force of dusty particles in weak magnetic fields grows with the increasing field as <span><math><mtext>H</mtext><msup><mi></mi><mn><mtext>2</mtext><mtext>3</mtext></mn></msup></math></span> and tends to a constant in the limit of strong magnetic fields. It is also demonstrated that a dusty molecule in a magnetic field can have a discrete number of equilibrium positions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20172,"journal":{"name":"Physics Letters A","volume":"250 1","pages":"Pages 149-151"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"1998-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics Letters A","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0375960198007877","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The influence of an external magnetic field on the interaction of dusty particles in a gas discharge plasma is considered. It is shown that the attractive force of dusty particles in weak magnetic fields grows with the increasing field as and tends to a constant in the limit of strong magnetic fields. It is also demonstrated that a dusty molecule in a magnetic field can have a discrete number of equilibrium positions.
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