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Interaction between dust grains near a conducting wall
The effect of the conducting electrode on the interaction of dust grains in a
an ion flow is discussed. It is shown that two grains levitating above the
electrode at the same height may attract one another. This results in the
instability of a dust layer in a plasma sheath.Comment: 9 pages. 3 figures. Submitted to Plasma Physics Report
Effect of ionization/recombination processes on the electrical interactions between positively charged particles in highly collisional plasmas
The effect of ionization and recombination processes on the electrical
interactions between a pair of small charged particles in highly collisional
plasmas is discussed. In particular, it is shown that these processes suppress
the long-range attraction between positively charged particles. The condition
corresponding to the vanishing of attraction is derived. The role of the effect
for conditions of existing experiments is estimated