Wake turbulence observed behind an upstream extra particle in a complex (dusty) plasma


Abstract in English

An interaction of upstream extra particles with a monolayer highly-ordered complex plasma is studied. A principally new abnormal turbulent wake formed behind the supersonic upstream particle is discovered. An anomalous type of the turbulence wake clearly manifests in anomalously low thermal diffusivity and two orders of magnitude larger particle kinetic temperature compared to that of the normal wake (Mach cone) observed by Du et al [Europhys. Lett. 99, 55001 (2012)].

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