Particle simulation study of dust particle dynamics in sheaths

Smirnov, R.*; Tomita, Yukihiro*; Takizuka, Tomonori; Takayama, Arimichi*; Chutov, Y.*

Dynamics of dust particles in a divertor plasma is simulated using numerical solutions of dust momentum and charging equations in an electrostatic sheath and an ionizing presheath. Spatial distribution of plasma parameters in a divertor are obtained with particle simulations including ionization by electron-impact. We found that dust particles with a larger radius are incapable to come off a divertor plate. Middle-size dust particles come off the plate but come back to the plate. Smaller dust particles come off the plate and reach an equilibrium position in the divertor plasma.