Abstract
A nonlinear time-dependent model for void formation in colloidal plasmas is proposed. For experimentally relevant initial conditions, the model describes the nonlinear evolution of a zero-frequency linear instability that grows rapidly in the nonlinear regime and subsequently saturates to form a void. A number of features of the model are consistent with experimental observations under laboratory and microgravity conditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | Physical review letters |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)