Recent results of studies of complex plasmas on board the International Space Station

Kurzfassung

We present data from two complex plasma laboratories on ISS, PK-3 Plus and PK-4. We show that waves transversing an interface undergo a collision and a merger zone, and that waves slow down when particles composing them form strings. We demonstrate signatures of turbulence with energy input by instability and study crystallization fronts in 3d as well as the interaction with larger spheres which can be used to refine the ion drag theory.