Abstract
AbstractComplex (dusty) plasmas of micron‐sized CeO2 polydisperse particles in dc glow discharges at 77 and ∼ 10 K were experimentally investigated. It was obtained that dust structure in cryogenic gas discharge plasma can be a mixture of two fractions (components) with completely different dust ordering and dynamics. We observed under some specific conditions that fast‐moving particles of one component diffuse through another component consisted of dust particles arranged in linear chains (strings). From experimental data analysis particle velocity distribution functions for each dust component were obtained. The possible nature of two‐component dust structure formation was discussed. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
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