Kong, JieQiao, KeCarmona-Reyes, JorgeDouglass, Angela Michelle.Zhang, Zhuanhao.Matthews, Lorin Swint.Hyde, Truell Wayne.2013-04-252013-04-252013-04IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 41(4), 794-798http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8562In this experiment, falling particle trajectories within and without a glass box placed on the lower electrode in a Gaseous Electronics Conference reference cell are recorded and analyzed, and the electrostatic forces exerted on the dust particles are measured and compared. Experimental results show that, for particles falling in a complex plasma with no glass box, only a single force balance point (i.e., the position where the gravitational force is balanced by the electrostatic force) exists in the vertical direction while, for particles falling inside a glass box, this force balance spans an extended vertical range.enArticle10.1109/TPS.2013.2240018