MPE: PK-3 Plus publications

List of publications in scientific journals about experiments done with PK-3 Plus on board the International Space Station. PK-3 Plus is supported by DLR grant FKZ 50WP0203.

Thomas H M, Morfill G E, Fortov V E, Ivlev A V, Molotkov V I, Lipaev A M, Hagl T, Rothermel H, Khrapak S A, Suetterlin R K, Rubin-Zuzic M, Petrov O F, Tokarev V I and Krikalev S K, Complex plasma laboratory PK-3 Plus on the International Space Station, New J. Phys. 10 033036, 2008

A.V. Ivlev, G. E. Morfill, H. M. Thomas, C. Räth, G. Joyce, P. Huber, R. Kompaneets, V. E. Fortov, A. M. Lipaev, V. I. Molotkov, T. Reiter, M. Turin, and P. Vinogradov, First observation of electrorheological Plasmas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100 095003, 2008

Schwabe M, Zhdanov S K, Thomas H M, Ivlev A V, Rubin-Zuzic M, Morfill G E, Molotkov V I, Lipaev A M, Fortov V E and Reiter T, Nonlinear waves externally excited in a complex plasma under microgravity conditions, New J. Phys. 10 033037, 2008

P. Hofmann, R. Seurig, A. Stettner, J. Burfeindt, G. Morfill, H. Thomas, M. Thoma, H. Höfner, W. Fortov, W. Molotkov, O. Petrov and A. Lipaev, Complex plasma research on ISS: PK-3 plus, PK-4 and impact/plasmalab, Acta Astronautica 63 (1-4), 53-60 (2008).

K. Takahashi, H. M. Thomas, G. E. Morfill, A. V. Ivlev, Y. Hayashi and S. Adachi, Diagnosis in complex plasmas for microgravity experiments (PK-3 Plus), Multifacets of Dusty Plasma 1041, 329-330 (2008).

H. M. Thomas, G. E. Morfill, A. V. Ivlev, T. Hagl, H. Rothermel, A. Khrapak, K. R. Sütterlin, M. Rubin-Zuzic, M. Schwabe, S. K. Zhdanov, C. Räth, V. E. Fortov, V. I. Molotkov, A. M. Lipaev, O. F. Petrov, V. I. Tokarev, Y. I. Malenchenko, M. V. Turin, P. V. Vinogradov, F. N. Yurchikhin, S. K. Krikalev and T. Reiter, New directions of research in complex plasmas on the International Space Station, Multifacets of Dusty Plasma 1041, 41-44 (2008).

Morfill, G.E. and H.M. Thomas, The Complex Matter of Plasma, Scientific American - Looking Up- Europe's Quiet Revolution in Microgravity Research, 82-90 (2008).

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, H. Löwen, Dynamics of lane formation in driven binary complex plasmas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 085003 (2009).

K. Jiang, V. Nosenko, Y. F. Li, M. Schwabe, U. Konopka, A. V. Ivlev, V. E. Fortov, V. I. Molotkov, A. M. Lipaev, O. F. Petrov, M. V. Turin, H. M. Thomas and G. E. Morfill, Mach cones in a three-dimensional complex plasma, Europhysics Letters 85, 45002 (2009).

A.V. Ivlev, S.K. Zhdanov, H.M. Thomas, and G.E. Morfill, Fluid phase separation in binary complex plasmas, Europhysics Letters 85, 4 (2009).

Bin Liu, J. Goree, V.E. Fortov, A.M. Lipaev, V.I. Molotkov, O.F. Petrov, G.E. Morfill, H.M. Thomas, H. Rothermel, and A.V. Ivlev, Transverse oscillations in a single-layer dusty plasma under microgravity, Phys. Plasmas Vol. 16, article number 083703 (2009).

Klumov, B.; Huber, P.; Vladimirov, S., et al., Structural properties of 3D complex plasmas: experiments versus simulations, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 12, 124028 (2009).

Sütterlin, K.R.; Wysocki, A.; Rüth, C.; Ivlev, A.V.; Thomas, H.M.; Khrapak, S.; Zhdanov, S.; Rubin-Zuzic, M.; Goedheer, W.J.; Fortov, V.E.; Lipaev, A.M.; Molotkov, V.I.; Petrov, O.F.; Morfill, G.E.; Löwen, H., Non-equilibrium phase transitions in complex plasma, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 124042 (11 pp.), 2010, 0 INSPEC:11656008 10.1088/0741-3335/52/12/124042

Klumov, B; Joyce, G; Rath, C; Huber, P; Thomas, H; Morfill, GE; Molotkov, V; Fortov, V, Structural properties of 3D complex plasmas under microgravity conditions, EPL, 92, 1 2010, 0 WOS:000284469900017, 0295-5075, 10.1209/0295-5075/92/15003

Zhdanov, S.K.; Schwabe, M.; Heidemann, R.; Sütterlin, R.; Thomas, H.M.; Rubin-Zuzic, M.; Rothermel, H.; Hagl, T.; Ivlev, A.V.; Morfill, G.E.; Molotkov, V.I.; Lipaev, A.M.; Petrov, O.F.; Fortov, V.E.; Reiter, T., Auto-oscillations in complex plasmas, New Journal of Physics, 043006 (18 pp.), 2010, 0, INSPEC:11282489, 10.1088/1367-2630/12/4/043006

Sütterlin, KR; Thomas, HM; Ivlev, AV; Morfill, GE; Fortov, VE; Lipaev, AM; Molotkov, VI; Petrov, OF; Wysocki, A; Löwen, H, Lane Formation in Driven Binary Complex Plasmas on the International Space Station, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 38, 4, 861, 868, 2010, 0, WOS:000276533200019, 0093-3813, 10.1109/TPS.2009.2035504, 12th Workshop on Physics of Dusty Plasma MAY 17-20, 2009 Boulder, CO

Yaroshenko, VV; Thoma, MH; Thomas, HM; Morfill, GE, Generation of a Double Layer at the Interface of Strongly Coupled Complex Plasmas, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE, 38, 4, 869, 873, 2010, 2, WOS:000276533200020, 0093-3813, 10.1109/TPS.2009.2036852, 12th Workshop on Physics of Dusty Plasma MAY 17-20, 2009 Boulder, CO

Wysocki, A.; Räth, C.; Ivlev, A.V.; Sütterlin, K.R.; Thomas, H.M.; Khrapak, S.; Zhdanov, S.; Fortov, V.E.; Lipaev, A.M.; Molotkov, V.I.; Petrov, O.F.; Löwen, H.; Morfill, G.E., Kinetics of Fluid Demixing in Complex Plasmas: Role of Two-Scale Interactions, Physical Review Letters 105 (4), 045001 (2010)

Liu, Bin; Goree, J.; Fortov, V. E.; Lipaev, A. M.; Molotkov, V. I.; Petrov, O. F.; Morfill, G. E.; Thomas, H. M.; Ivlev, A. V., Dusty plasma diagnostics methods for charge, electron temperature, and ion density, PHYSICS OF PLASMAS 17, Article Number: 053701 (2010)

Ivlev, AV; Brandt, PC; Morfill, GE; Räth, C; Thomas, HM; Joyce, G; Fortov, VE; Lipaev, AM; Molotkov, VI; Petrov, OF, Electrorheological Complex Plasmas, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE 38, 733-740 (2010)

Vasilyak, L.M.; Fortov, V.E.; Lipaev, A.M.; Molotkov, V.I.; Polyakov, D.N.; Vetchinin, S.P.; Ivlev, A.V.; Morfill, G.E.; Thomas, H.M., Influence of a low frequency electric field on dusty structures under microgravity conditions, IEEE 37th International Conference on Plasma Sciences (ICOPS 2010) Pages: 1 pp. (2010)

Chaudhuri, M; Ivlev, AV; Khrapak, SA; Thomas, HM; Morfill, GE, Complex plasma-the plasma state of soft matter, SOFT MATTER 7 1287-1298,2011

Joyce, G; Räth, C; Huber, P; Thomas, H; Morfill, GE; Molotkov, V; Fortov, V, Structural properties of 3D complex plasmas under microgravity conditions (vol 92, 15003, 2010)EPL 93 29901, 2011

Jiang, K; Hou, LJ; Ivlev, AV; Li, YF; Du, CR; Thomas, HM; Morfill, GE; Sütterlin, KR, Initial stages in phase separation of binary complex plasmas: Numerical experiments, EPL 93 5, 2011

Khrapak, S.A.; Klumov, B.A.; Huber, P.; Molotkov, V.I.; Lipaev, A.M.; Naumkin, V.N.; Thomas, H.M.; Ivlev, A.V.; Morfill, G.E.; Petrov, O.F.; Fortov, V.E.; Malentschenko, Yu.; Volkov, S., Freezing and Melting of 3D Complex Plasma Structures under Microgravity Conditions Driven by Neutral Gas Pressure Manipulation, Physical Review Letters 106 205001, 2011

Ralf J. Heidemann, Lénaïc Couëdel, Sergey K. Zhdanov, K. Robert Sütterlin, Mierk Schwabe, Hubertus M. Thomas, Alexey V. Ivlev, Tanja Hagl, Gregor E. Morfill, Vladimir E. Fortov, Vladimir I. Molotkov, Oleg F. Petrov, Andrey I. Lipaev, Valery Tokarev, Thomas Reiter, and Pavel Vinogradov, Comprehensive experimental study of heartbeat oscillations observed under microgravity conditions in the PK-3 Plus laboratory on board the International Space Station, Phys. Plasmas 18, 053701 (2011); doi:10.1063/1.3574905

M. Schwabe, K. Jiang, S. Zhdanov, T. Hagl, P. Huber, A. V. Ivlev, A. M. Lipaev, V. I. Molotkov, V. N. Naumkin, K. R. Sütterlin, H. M. Thomas, V. E. Fortov, G. E. Morfill, A. Skvortsov and S. Volkov, Direct measurement of the speed of sound in a complex plasma under microgravity conditions, EPL 96 55001 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/96/55001 2011