The implications of particle rotation on the effect of photophoresis

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2011-10-17

arxiv.org/abs/1110.3675v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication by MNRAS

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In a laboratory experiment, water-ice aggregates are trapped in a vacuum chamber at a pressure of 2 mbar due to photophoresis and thermophoresis. The particles are located between a Peltier element at the bottom at 250 K and a reservoir of liquid nitrogen at the top at 77 K. Particle sizes vary between 20 micrometres and a few hundred micrometres. It is found that 95% of all the particles rotate about their vertical axis. A qualitative model is developed which explains why particles should mainly align to and rotate around the vertical. The results imply that rotation does not decrease the vertical strength of photophoretically driven motion in, e.g., protoplanetary discs.

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