Frontiers in Materials (Nov 2021)

Electromagnetic Response of Clustered Charged Particles

  • Wenzheng Ye,
  • Xiaofeng Hu,
  • Shuai Zhou,
  • Chi Wang,
  • Chi Wang,
  • Jing Jiang,
  • Ting Yang,
  • Fei Gao,
  • Fei Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2021.739116
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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Electromagnetic response of clustered charged particles is the foundation of electromagnetic wave interaction with various natural phenomena, such as sandstorm, cloud, and volcano eruption. Previous studies usually employed assumption of independent charged particles, without considering the coupling between them. Here, we build up a general numerical model considering the multiple scattering effect, and test it with a charged two- and four-particle system. The numerical results show that independence assumption fails, while the number density of clustered charged particles is getting larger. This work may pave the way for deeper understanding on the electromagnetic interaction of clustered charged particles.

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