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Description: Rotation of large dust crystal, planar-6 dust cluster, annular dust crystal, and orbital motion.

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Related CPL Publications:

Cheung F., Samarian A., and James B.
Rotation of coulomb clusters in magnetised dusty plasma, Physica Scripta, T98, 143 (2002)

F. Cheung, N. Prior, L. Mitchell, A. Samarian, and B. James
Rotation of coulomb crystals in magnetized inductively coupled complex plasma, IEEE Transaction on Plasma Science, 31, 112 (2003)

Felix Cheung , Alex Samarian, and Brian James
The rotation of planar-2 to planar-12 dust clusters in an axial magnetic field, New Journal of Physics, 5, 75 (2003)

F. Cheung, A. Samarian, and B. James
Angular velocity saturation in planar dust cluster rotation, Physica Scripta, T107, 229 (2004)

Other Related Publications:

G. Uchida, R. Ozaki, S. Iizuka, and N. Sato
Dust vortex in a dc discharge plasma under a weak magnetic field, ICPP & 25th EPS Conf. on Contr. Fusion and Plasma Physics, Praha, 29 Jun.-3Jul. ECA, 22C, 2557 (1998)

U. Konopka, D. Samsonov, A.V. Ivlev, J. Goree, V. Steinberg, and G.E. Morfill
Rigid and differential plasma crystal rotation induced by magnetic fields, Phys. Rev. E, 61, 1890 (2000)

P.K. Kaw, K. Nishikawa, and N. Sato
Rotation in collisional strongly coupled dusty plasmas in a magnetic field, Phys. Plas., 9, 387 (2002)