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• Fluid flows at the kinetic level  download article

Martin A. Fink
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

H. Hofner
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

M. Kretschmer
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

G. E. Morfill
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

S. Ratynskaia
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

K. Tarantik
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

M. Thoma
Max Planck Institute for extraterrestrial Physics, Giessenbachstrasse, D-85471 Garching, Germany

Vladimir E. Fortov
Institute for High Energy Densities, Russian Academy of Sciences, IVTAN, Izhorskaya, 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russia

O. F. Petrov
Institute for High Energy Densities, Russian Academy of Sciences, IVTAN, Izhorskaya, 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russia

A. E. Usachev
State Scientific Research Center "Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute" and Institute for High Energy Densities Russian Academy of Science, Izhorskaya 13/19, 127412 Moscow, Russia

A. Zobnin
Institute for High Energy Densities Russian Academy of Science, Izhorskaya 13/19, 127412 Moscow, Russia

ABSTRACT

Investigation of fluids at the most fundamental level, the kinetic level, is not possible. Complex plasmas can serve here as a model system. This is due to the fact that one of its components can be visualised individually and the particle motion can be tracked. Complex plasmas consist of ions, electrons, charged microparticles and neutral gas. The microparticles − also called dust particles − are of some micrometer size. In our experiments we study such fluids at the kinetic level.

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