Shielding of a small charged particle in weakly ionized plasmas

TL;DR

This paper reviews recent findings on how electric potential around small charged particles is affected by various plasma screening effects in weakly ionized plasmas, with implications for complex plasma systems.

Contribution

It provides a concise overview of new results on plasma screening effects influencing the electric potential distribution around charged particles.

Findings

Different effects influencing plasma screening are analyzed.

Implications for complex (dusty) plasmas are discussed.

Results enhance understanding of particle-plasma interactions.

Abstract

In this paper we present a concise overview of our recent results concerning the electric potential distribution around a small charged particle in weakly ionized plasmas. A number of different effects which influence plasma screening properties are considered. Some consequences of the results are discussed, mostly in the context of complex (dusty) plasmas.