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arxiv: 1407.1645 · v1 · pith:BLE643FLnew · submitted 2014-07-07 · ⚛️ physics.plasm-ph

Screened Coulomb potential in a flowing magnetized plasma

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keywords potentialplasmadustfieldionsmagneticmagnetizationmagnetized
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The electrostatic potential of a moving dust grain in a complex plasma with magnetized ions is computed using linear response theory, thereby extending our previous work for unmagnetized plasmas [P. Ludwig et al., New J. Phys. 14, 053016 (2012)]. In addition to the magnetic field, our approach accounts for a finite ion temperature as well as ion-neutral collisions. Our recently introduced code \texttt{Kielstream} is used for an efficient calculation of the dust potential. Increasing the magnetization of the ions, we find that the shape of the potential crucially depends on the Mach number $M$. In the regime of subsonic ion flow ($M<1$), a strong magnetization gives rise to a potential distribution that is qualitatively different from the unmagnetized limit, while for $M>1$ the magnetic field effectively suppresses the plasma wakefield.

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