Study of Charge Distribution in a Dust Beam using a Faraday Cup Assembly.

Authors :: Kausik, S. S.
Dutta, P.
Chakraborty, M.
Kakati, M.
Saikia, B. K.
Source :: AIP Conference Proceedings. 2005, Vol. 799 Issue 1, p565-568. 4p. 2 Diagrams, 2 Graphs.
Publication Year :: 2005
Abstract: A Faraday cup assembly is employed to study the charge distribution in a dust beam. The Faraday Cup scans the dust beam across its diameter and the dust particle current is noted in an Electrometer. The variation of the pico ampere current, carried by the charged dust particles in the beam, is studied with change in the gas pressure. The observations provide an insight into the variation of the charge to mass ratio in a dust beam. © 2005 American Institute of Physics [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]