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Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 085003 (2009) [4 pages]

Dynamics of Lane Formation in Driven Binary Complex Plasmas

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K. R. Sütterlin1, A. Wysocki2, A. V. Ivlev1, C. Räth1, H. M. Thomas1, M. Rubin-Zuzic1, W. J. Goedheer3, V. E. Fortov4, A. M. Lipaev4, V. I. Molotkov4, O. F. Petrov4, G. E. Morfill1, and H. Löwen2
1Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, 85741 Garching, Germany
2Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
3FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics Rijnhuizen, 3430 BE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
4Joint Institute for High Temperatures, 125412 Moscow, Russia

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Received 23 December 2008; published 25 February 2009

The dynamical onset of lane formation is studied in experiments with binary complex plasmas under microgravity conditions. Small microparticles are driven and penetrate into a cloud of big particles, revealing a strong tendency towards lane formation. The observed time-resolved lane-formation process is in good agreement with computer simulations of a binary Yukawa model with Langevin dynamics. The laning is quantified in terms of the anisotropic scaling index, leading to a universal order parameter for driven systems.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.085003
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.085003
PACS:
52.27.Lw

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Erratum: K. R. Sütterlin, A. Wysocki, A. V. Ivlev, C. Räth, H. M. Thomas, M. Rubin-Zuzic, W. J. Goedheer, V. E. Fortov, A. M. Lipaev, V. I. Molotkov, O. F. Petrov, G. E. Morfill, and H. Löwen, Erratum: Dynamics of Lane Formation in Driven Binary Complex Plasmas [Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 085003 (2009)], Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 149901 (2009).

 
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