Waltz of the Charged Grains: Understanding Planetary Formation

2,213 views · Published 31 July 2015 · 1:22 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: The University of Chicago · 2015 · Education

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This video portrays an experiment that has implications better understanding planetary formation and other processes.

This clip is a high speed video that shows falling charged grains behaving like planets.

DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS3396

Victor Less, Scott Waitukaitis, Marc Miskin and Heinrich Jaeger of the University of Chicago 

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