Lunar dust and dusty plasmas: Recent developments, advances, and unsolved problems

SI Popel, LM Zelenyi, AY Dubinskii - Planetary and Space Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A renaissance is being observed currently in investigations of the Moon. The Luna-25 and
Luna-27 missions are being prepared in Russia. At the same time, in connection with the …

Dust dynamics in the lunar dusty plasmas: Effects of magnetic fields and dust charge variations

SI Popel, AP Golub, AI Kassem, LM Zelenyi - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of the magnetic field of the Earth's magnetotail on dusty plasmas above the
sunlit surface of the Moon is studied. For this purpose, a physical-mathematical model for a …

Dusty plasma at the surface of the Moon

SI Popel, SI Kopnin, AP Golub', GG Dol'nikov… - Solar System …, 2013 - Springer
A theoretical model that provides a self-consistent description of the concentrations of
photoelectrons and dust particles located over the illuminated part of the lunar surface is …

Dusty plasmas above the sunlit surface of Mercury

SI Popel, AP Golub, LM Zelenyi - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Above the sunlit surface of Mercury, the properties and formation of dusty plasmas are
investigated. It is demonstrated that the dusty plasmas are formed for subsolar angles …

Nonplanar ion acoustic waves in dusty plasma with two temperature electrons: Application to Saturn's E ring

S Bansal, M Aggarwal, TS Gill - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
In the present paper, we have studied the cylindrical/spherical ion acoustic waves in dusty
plasma consisting of positive ions, immobile dust particles, and q nonextensive distributed …

Dust ion–acoustic shock waves in laboratory, ionospheric, and astrophysical plasmas

TV Losseva, SI Popel, AP Golub' - Plasma Physics Reports, 2020 - Springer
Methods of description of ion–acoustic shock waves in dusty plasma are presented. A new
type of dust ion–acoustic shock waves related to anomalous dissipation is described. The …

Ion-acoustic solitons in dusty plasma

TV Losseva, SI Popel, AP Golub' - Plasma physics reports, 2012 - Springer
The dynamics of dust ion-acoustic solitons is analyzed in a wide range of dusty plasma
parameters. The cases of both a positive dust grain charge arising due to the photoelectric …

Dusty plasma at the Moon. Challenges of modeling and measurements

LM Zelenyi, SI Popel, AV Zakharov - Plasma Physics Reports, 2020 - Springer
A brief review is given of the dusty plasma near the surface of the Moon. Electrostatic
processes represent an important factor of formation of such plasma. Problems related to …

Modulation instability and dissipative rogue waves in ion-beam plasma: Roles of ionization, recombination, and electron attachment

S Guo, L Mei - Physics of Plasmas, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The amplitude modulation of ion-acoustic waves is investigated in an unmagnetized plasma
containing positive ions, negative ions, and electrons obeying a kappa-type distribution that …

Dusty plasma system in the surface layer of the illuminated part of the Moon

AP Golub', GG Dol'nikov, AV Zakharov, LM Zelenyi… - JETP letters, 2012 - Springer
The dusty plasma system in the surface layer of the illuminated part of the Moon has been
considered. The maximum height of the dust rise has been determined. It has been shown …