Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2011-12-22
Phys. Plasmas 19, 013708 (2012)
Physics
Plasma Physics
10 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physics of Plasmas
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3678201
We consider a two-dimensional complex (dusty) plasma crystal excited by an electrostatically-induced shock wave. Dust particle kinematics in such a system are usually determined using particle tracking velocimetry. In this work we present a particle tracking algorithm which determines the dust particle kinematics with significantly higher accuracy than particle tracking velocimetry. The algorithm uses multiple extended Kalman filters to estimate the particle states and an interacting multiple model to assign probabilities to the different filters. This enables the determination of relevant physical properties of the dust, such as kinetic energy and kinetic temperature, with high precision. We use a Hugoniot shock-jump relation to calculate a pressure-volume diagram from the shocked dust kinematics. Calculation of the full pressure-volume diagram was possible with our tracking algorithm, but not with particle tracking velocimetry.
Durniak Céline
Oxtoby Neil P.
Ralph Jason F.
Samsonov Dmitry
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