Test charge potential in the presence of electron acoustic waves in multispecies dusty plasma

An expression for the test charge potential is obtained in a multispecies dusty plasma, whose constituents are the Boltzmann distributed hot electrons, mobile cold electrons, immobile cold ions, and charge fluctuating isolated dust grains. The plasma response function involving the electron-acoustic waves becomes modified due to the inclusion of the dust-charge perturbations. The analytical and numerical investigations reveal that the Debye–Hückel screening and wakefield potentials are significantly affected by the plasma parameters such as the equilibrium dust number density, the dust grain radius, and the hot electron temperature. The relevance of the results to laboratory plasma, where the two distinct groups of electrons exist besides the static ions and isolated dust grains, is discussed.