EXOSPHERIC ELECTRON TEMPERATURES FROM NOSE WHISTLER ATTENUATION

Abstract

A recent conjecture that the observed whistler cutoff arises from thermal broadening of the cyclotron resonance was used to evaluate electron temperatures. In the original work very crude data were analyzed with a modified dispersion relation based on the collisionless Boltzmann equation. This thermal analyses wasAPPLIED TO NEW WHISTLER DATA OF Pope, using each of his assumed density variations and both one and two hop interpretations of the data. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0271609

Entities

People

  • F.l. Scarf
  • H.b. Liemohn

Organizations

  • Boeing

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attenuation
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Cyclotrons
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Dispersions
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Mathematics
  • Resonance
  • Thermal Analysis
  • Whistlers

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics