Formation of ordered structures and collective phenomena in dusty plasmas

Dust particle ordering is discussed in various types of low-temperature pla sma, such as DC glow discharges, UV- and radioactivity induced plasmas. Nuc lear induced plasma was formed in the rare gases by alpha-particles and fis sion fragments of Cf-252. The ordered liquid-type structures of dust partic les levitating in the interelectrode space have been observed. To remove ch arged particles from a volume an electrostatic probe has been designed and used. The dynamics of the formation of ordered structures of macroparticles charged by photoemission under the action of solar radiation under microgr avitational conditions is studied experimentally and theoretically. An anal ysis and comparison of tile results of the experimental and theoretical inv estigations permit drawing a conclusion regarding the possibility of the ex istence of extended ordered formations of macroparticles charged by photoem ission under microgravitational conditions.