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Name PS-35/3 (Plasma Crystal: PK3 Plus) and PS-35/4 (Plasma Crystal: PK4)
Operational Nomenclature PK3 Plus and PK4
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=PK3Plus_PK4_PARA
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-pstoqco
Platform Parabolic Airplanes
HRE-E3P Category Physical Sciences
Mission 35th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
Team Coordinator Name M Fink
Version 1.0
Team Members PK3Plus_PK4_PARA
Publication Hubertus M. Thomas, DD Goldbeck, T Hagl, AV Ivlev, U Konopka, Gregor Eugen Morfill, H Rothermel, Robert Sütterlin, M Zuzic, 2001, Complex Plasmas under microgravity conditions: Parabolic flights, Physica Scripta, Vol. T89, 16-19

Alexander D. Usachev, AV Zobnin, OF Petrov, VE Fortov, Markus H. Thoma, M Kretschmer, S Ratynskaia, RA Quinn, H Höfner, Gregor Eugen Morfill, 2004, The project Plasmakristall- 4: a dusty plasma experiment in a combined dc/rf(i) discharge plasma under microgravity conditions, Czech. J. Phys. Suppl. C, Vol. 54, 639

VE Fortov, Gregor Eugen Morfill, OF Petrov, Markus H. Thoma, Alexander D. Usachev, H Höfner, AV Zobnin, M Kretschmer, S Ratynskaia, M Fink, K Tarantik, Y Gerasimov, V Esenkov, 2005, The project Plasmakristall-4 (PK-4): a new stage in investigations of dusty plasmas under microgravity conditions: first results and future plans, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, Vol. 47, B537

Markus H. Thoma, H Höfner, M Kretschmer, S Ratynskaia, Gregor Eugen Morfill, Alexander D. Usachev, AV Zobnin, OF Petrov, VE Fortov, 2005, Parabolic Flight Experiments with PK-4, Proc. ELGRA Biennial Meeting, Santorini, Greece

Markus H. Thoma, H Höfner, SA Khrapak, M Kretschmer, RA Quinn, S Ratynskaia, Gregor Eugen Morfill, Alexander D. Usachev, AV Zobnin, OF Petrov, VE Fortov, 2005, Measurement of the ion drag force in a complex dc plasma using the PK-4 experiment, Ukrainian J. Phys., Vol. 50, 179

for more reference documents on plasma research of the Morfill team, please, visit the project website:, http://www.mpe.mpg.de/1310716/PK-4
Temporal Coverage 2003-10-14T00:00:00Z/2003-10-16T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2024-10-18T20:18:04Z
Last Update 2025-01-25
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, 2024, 'PK3 Plus and PK4', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-pstoqco