Interaction of a rodlike charged macroparticle with a flowing plasma.

ABSTRACT

The formation of the wake potential is demonstrated for a rodlike particle in a plasma with an ion flow. The cases of various charge distributions on the rod are studied, including those contributing to the dipole momentum, and different angles between the direction of the ion flow and the rod are considered. The possibilities of the formation of lattices composed of cylindrical macroparticles in a plasma are discussed.