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Collisional effects on nonlinear ion drag force for small grains

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Haakonsen, Christian Bernt; Hutchinson, Ian Horner
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Abstract
The ion drag force arising from plasma flow past an embedded spherical grain is calculated self-consistently and non-linearly using particle in cell codes, accounting for ion-neutral collisions. Using ion velocity distribution appropriate for ion drift driven by a force field gives wake potential and force greatly different from a shifted Maxwellian distribution, regardless of collisionality. The low-collisionality forces are shown to be consistent with estimates based upon cross-sections for scattering in a Yukawa (shielded) grain field, but only if non-linear shielding length is used. Finite collisionality initially enhances the drag force, but only by up to a factor of 2. Larger collisionality eventually reduces the drag force. In the collisional regime, the drift distribution gives larger drag than the shift distribution even at velocities where their collisionless drags are equal. Comprehensive practical analytic formulas for force that fit the calculations are provided.
Date issued
2013-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95826
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Journal
Physics of Plasmas
Publisher
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Citation
Hutchinson, I. H., and C. B. Haakonsen. “Collisional Effects on Nonlinear Ion Drag Force for Small Grains.” Phys. Plasmas 20, no. 8 (2013): 083701.
Version: Author's final manuscript
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1070664X
1089-7674

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