PK-4 Publications

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Refereed publications:

S. Ratynskaia, M. Kretschmer, S. Khrapak, R.A. Quinn, M.H. Thoma, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Dust mode in collisionally dominated complex plasmas with particle drift, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 32 (2004) 613
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S. Ratynskaia, S. Khrapak, A. Zobnin, M. H. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, A. Usachev, V. Yaroshenko, R.A. Quinn, G.E. Morfill, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Experimental determination of dust particle charge at elevated pressures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 085001
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S.A. Khrapak and G.E. Morfill, Dusty plasmas in a constant electric field: role of the electron drag force, Phys. Rev. E 69 (2004) 066411
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V. Yaroshenko, S. Ratynskaia, S. Khrapak, M.H. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, H. Höfner, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Determination of the ion drag force in a complex plasma, submitted to Phys. Plasmas

V. Yaroshenko, S. Ratynskaia, S. Khrapak, M.H. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, and G.E. Morfill, Measurements of the dust-ion momentum transfer frequency and ion drag force in complex plasmas, submitted to Contrib. Plasma Phys.

Refereed Proceedings:

A. Usachev, A. Zobnin, O. Petrov, V. Fortov, M.H. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, S. Ratynskaia, R. A. Quinn, H. Höfner, and G.E. Morfill, The project "Plasmakristall 4" - a dusty plasma experiment in a combined dc/rf(i) discharge plasma under microgravity conditions, to be published in Czech. J. Phys., Proceedings of 21st Symposium on Plasma Physics and Technology (Praha, Czech Republic, June 14-17, 2004)
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M.H. Thoma, H. Höfner, S.A. Khrapak, M. Kretschmer, R.A. Quinn, S. Ratynskaia, G.E. Morfill, A. Usachev, A. Zobnin, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Measurement of the ion drag force in a complex dc plasma using the PK-4 experiment, International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004), Ukrainian J. Phys. 50 (2005) 179
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S. Khrapak, S. Ratynskaia, A. Zobnin, M. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, A. Usachev, V. Yaroshenko, R. Quinn, G. Morfill, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Measurement of dust grain charge in a weakly ionized plasma of a dc discharge, Contributions to the International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004), Ukrainian J. Phys. 50 (2005) 151
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Non-Refereed Publications and Proceedings:

M.H. Thoma, H. Höfner, S.A. Khrapak, M. Kretschmer, R.A. Quinn, S. Ratynskaia, G.E. Morfill, A. Usachev, A. Zobnin, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Measurement of the ion drag force in a complex dc plasma using the PK-4 experiment, Contributions to the International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004), p.90

S. Khrapak, S. Ratynskaia, A. Zobnin, M. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, A. Usachev, V. Yaroshenko, R. Quinn, G. Morfill, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Measurement of dust particle charge in a weakly ionized plasma of a dc discharge, Contributions to the International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004), p. 153

V.E. Fortov, O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, Yu.V. Gerasimov, G. Morfill, M. Thoma, H. Höfner, M. Kretschmer, S. Ratynskaia, K. Tarantik, and M. Fink, The project "PLASMAKRISTALL - 4'' (PK-4) - A dusty plasma experiment in a combined dc/rf(i) discharge plasma under microgravity conditions, Annual Moscow Workshop on the Physics of Nonideal Plasmas (NPP-2004) (Moscow, December 1-2, 2004)

O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, and Y.V. Gerasimov, Laboratory predevelopment of a DC-chamber for investigating complex plasmas under microgravity conditions on board of the ISS (PK-4), 1st Milestone Status Report (Moscow, January 2003)

O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, and Y.V. Gerasimov, Laboratory predevelopment of a DC-chamber for investigating complex plasmas under microgravity conditions on board of the ISS (PK-4), 2nd Milestone Status Report (Moscow, March 2003)

O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, and Y.V. Gerasimov, Laboratory predevelopment of a DC-chamber for investigating complex plasmas under microgravity conditions on board of the ISS (PK-4), 3rd Milestone Status Report (Moscow, August 2003)

O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, and Y.V. Gerasimov, Laboratory predevelopment of a DC-chamber for investigating complex plasmas under microgravity conditions on board of the ISS (PK-4), 4th Milestone Status Report (Moscow, February 2004)

O.F. Petrov, A.D. Usachev, A.V. Zobnin, and Y.V. Gerasimov, Laboratory predevelopment of a DC-chamber for investigating complex plasmas under microgravity conditions on board of the ISS (PK-4), 5th Milestone Status Report (Moscow, June 2004)

R.A. Quinn, M.H. Thoma, and G.E. Morfill, Laborvorentwicklung für eine DC-Kammer zur Untersuchung komplexer Plasmen unter Schwerelosigkeitsbedingungen an Bord der ISS (PK-4), Vorhabensbeschreibung für DLR (Garching, July 2002)

H. Höfner, M.H. Thoma, and G.E. Morfill, Laborvorentwicklung für eine DC-Kammer zur Untersuchung komplexer Plasmen unter Schwerelosigkeitsbedingungen an Bord der ISS (PK-4), Schlussbericht für DLR (Garching, March 2005)

Talks:

R.A. Quinn, Overview of the PK-4 Project,
Workshop "Complex Plasmas", (Ringberg, Germany, April 7-9, 2003)

R.A. Quinn, Review of the PK-4 Project,
10th Workshop on Physics of Dusty Plasmas (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, June 18-21, 2003)

S. Khrapak, Experimental determination of dust particle charge in a dc discharge plasma (PK-4),
Workshop "Complex Plasmas", (Ringberg, Germany, March 15-17, 2004)

M.H. Thoma, PK-4 project and ion drag force measurements,
Workshop "Complex Plasmas", (Ringberg, Germany, March 15-17, 2004)

M.H. Thoma, Ion drag force measurements with PK-4,
International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004)

S. Khrapak, Measurement of dust particle charge in a weakly ionized plasma of a dc discharge, International Conference on Dusty Plamas in Applications, (Odessa, Ukraine, August 25-29, 2004)

A. Usachev, Ion Drag Results at IHED, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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A. Usachev, Spectral Diagnostics of the Discharge Plasmas, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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A. Zobnin, Results of Probe Measurement, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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A. Zobnin, Particle Charging in a Cloud, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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S. Ratynskaia, Experimental Determination of Dust Particle Charge at Elevated Pressures, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24), 2004, www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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M.H. Thoma, Ion Drag Force Measurements with PK4 at MPE, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24), 2004, www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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M. Fink, Dust Fuids, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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M. Kretschmer, PK-4 at Parabolic Flight Campaigns PF35 & PF36 - A Summary, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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H. Höfner, PK4 Dust Manipulation Laser, PKE-Nefedov Symposium (Garching, September 20-24, 2004), www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4/PK4-FPDM.html
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M.H. Thoma, History and Status of the PK-4 Project, PK-4 Coordination Meeting (ESTEC, Noordwijk, March 18, 2005)

A. Usachev, IHED Activities in the PK-4 Project ñ recent and plans for future, PK-4 Coordination Meeting (ESTEC, Noordwijk, March 18, 2005)

Poster:

R.A. Quinn, M. Kretschmer, S. Khrapak, S. Ratynskaia , M.H. Thoma, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, The PK-4 experimental apparatus, 10th Workshop on Physics of Dusty Plasmas (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, June 18-21, 2003)

S. Ratynskaia, M. Kretschmer, S. Khrapak, R.A. Quinn, M.H. Thoma, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Dust mode in collisionally dominated complex plasmas with particle drift, 10th Workshop on Physics of Dusty Plasmas (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, June 18-21, 2003)

M. Kretschmer, S. Ratynskaia, B. Klumov, G.E. Morfill, R.A. Quinn, K. Tarantik, M.H. Thoma, A. Usachev, A. Zobnin, Shear flow and other observations in a complex plasma with 'PK-4', 10th Workshop on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas (St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, June 18-21, 2003)
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M. Kretschmer, S. Ratynskaia, M. Rubin-Zuzic, G. Morfill, R.A. Quinn, K. Tarantik, M.H. Thoma, A. Usachev, A. Zobnin, PK-4 - a complex plasma experiment for the new millennium, Complex Plasmas in the New Millennium (ITCPP 2003), (Santorini Island, Greece, September 8-12, 2003)
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S. Ratynskaia, S. Khrapak, M. Kretschmer, R.A. Quinn, M.H. Thoma, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Particle charge determination from dust mode in collisionally dominated complex plamas with particle drift, APS 45th meeting of the division of plasma physics (Albuquerque, New Mexico, US, October 27-31, 2003)

S. Ratynskaia, S. Khrapak, M.H. Thoma, M. Kretschmer, R. A. Quinn, G.E. Morfill, A. Zobnin, A. Usachev, O. Petrov, and V. Fortov, Experimental determination of dust particle charge at elevated pressure, 31st IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS 2004) (Baltimore, US, June 28- July 31, 2004)

M.A. Fink, M.H. Thoma, A. Ivlev, and G.E. Morfill, Experimental studies of dust fluids in plasmas towards the kinetic limits of jet flows, International Workshop on Chaotic transport and complexity in fluids and plasmas (Marseille, France, July 2004)

Internet:

PK-4 Homepage, http://www.mpe.mpg.de/pk4, maintained by M. Kretschmer, et al