The experimental and theoretical aspects of the dust particle phenomenon are discussed. The subjects include dust particle attraction in open systems ( in spite of charges of up to 10⁵ e on individual particles); dust molecule formation; large (100 eV and higher) values of the dust-plasma crystal binding energy; self-contraction instabilities (similar to and operating together with gravitational instability in cosmic structures); free boundary dust-plasma crystals; new dust attraction mechanisms; the growth and agglomeration of dust particles; and the development of long order in dust plasmas. New estimates for understanding the fireball phenomenon and star production are given.

PACS: 52.90.+z DOI: 10.1070/PU1997v040n01ABEH000201 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1997/1/d/ A1997WJ28400004 Citation: Tsytovich V N "Dust plasma crystals, drops, and clouds" Phys. Usp. 40 53–94 (1997) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Цытович В Н «Плазменно-пылевые кристаллы, капли и облака» УФН 167 57–99 (1997); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0167.199701e.0057