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American Institute of Physics Dusty Plasmas In The New Millennium Third International Conference 2002 Edition by R. Bharuthram M. A. Hellberg P. K. Shukla
A dusty plasma (or complex plasma) is a plasma (ionized gas) in which relatively massive particulates (dust grains) are embedded. Dusty plasmas occur widely in nature and show great industrial potential. This volume reports on the latest developments in dusty plasma physics from astrophysical to space to laboratory environments. Theoretical and computer simulation advances cover topics such as linear instabilities nonlinear wave phenomena and plasma sheaths. Experimental results deal with exciting areas such as particle coagulation plasma crystals plasma voids and microgravity experiments. Four comprehensive overview papers are presented on dusty plasmas in: astrophysics and cosmology the solar system and the ionosphere and its environment as well as on the structure and dynamics of strongly non-ideal plasmas. In addition eight topical reviews are included as well as about 90 short research papers. Table of contents : Preface. Quantum nondemolition measurements of a qubit; D.V. Averin. Bayesian quantum measurement of a single-Cooper-pair qubit; A. Korotkov. 1/f noise in Josephson qubit; E. Paladino et al. Switching currents and quasi-particle poisoning in the superconducting single electron transistor; P. Agren et al. Josephson systems for quantum coherence experiments; V. Corato et al. Solid state analogue of a double slit interferometer; K. Arutyunov et al. Noise and microwave properties of SET-Transistors; M. Ejrnaes et al. Use of small tunnel junctions operating at T=0.3K; R. Leoni et al. A hysteretic single Cooper pair transistor for single shot reading of a charge-qubit; D. Vion et al. Single Cooper pair electrometer based on a radio-frequency-SQUID scheme; A. Zorin. Possibility of single-electron devices and superconducting coherence; Yu.A. Pashkin et al. Frequency-locked current of Cooper pairs in superconducting single electron transistor with ohmic resistor; S.V. Lotkhov et al. Setup for experiment on the supercurrent-phase relation in Bloch transistors status and possible applications; M. Goetz et al. Single-electron transistors in the regime of high conductance; C. Walliser et al. Superconducting transition-edge sensors for time & energy resolved single-photon counters and for dark matter search; B. Cabrera. Optimization of the hot-electron bolometer and cascade quasiparticle; L. Kuzmin. Noise in refrigerating tunnel junctions and in microbolometers; D.V. Anghel. Nonequilibrium quasiparticles and electron cooling by normal metal-superconductor tunnel junctions; D. Golubev A. Vasenko. Mesoscopic Josephson junctions coupled to weak coherent fields: an example of reciprocal detection; R. Migliore A Messina. Dynamics ofsuperconducting interferometers containing pi-junctions; V.K. Kornev et al. Superconducting current-phase dependance in High-Tc symmetrical bicrystal junction; G.A. Ovsyannikov et al. Superconducting quantum detector for astronomy and X-ray spectroscopy; A.D. Semenov et al. Lifetime of even-parity states of a Bloch transistor; J. Mannik et al. Magnetic field dependance of retrapping currents in DC-SQUIDs.S. Saito et al. Josephson versus Kondo coupling at a quantum dot with superconducting contacts; G. Campagano et al. Index.