Direct observation of mode-coupling instability in two-dimensional plasma crystals

Details Direct observation of mode-coupling instability in two-dimensional plasma crystals Direct observation of mode-coupling instability in two-dimensional plasma crystals

2010-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/1003.4479v1

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Plasma Physics

4 pages, submitted to Physical Review Letters

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Dedicated experiments on melting of 2D plasma crystals were carried out. The melting was always accompanied by spontaneous growth of the particle kinetic energy, suggesting a universal plasma-driven mechanism underlying the process. By measuring three principal dust-lattice (DL) wave modes simultaneously, it is unambiguously demonstrated that the melting occurs due to the resonance coupling between two of the DL modes. The variation of the wave modes with the experimental conditions, including the emergence of the resonant (hybrid) branch, reveals exceptionally good agreement with the theory of mode-coupling instability.

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