Nonlinear structures in laboratory and space dusty plasmas

Abstract

A brief review of studies on nonlinear wave structures in dusty plasmas is presented, for which effects that appear specifically in dusty plasmas, for example, anomalous dissipation associated with the processes of dust particle charging, are presented. Examples of such structures in laboratory and space plasmas are given. In particular, a description is presented of the experiments at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences (Japan) and at the University of Iowa (USA). A significant accent is made to space research, namely, the formation of bow shock arising from the interaction of the comet’s dust coma and the solar wind, and the formation of a nonlinear structure in the region of the lunar terminator.