Ionospheric Plasma Effects.

Abstract

During the first half of this contract, the following effects, related to ionospheric modification experiments were investigated: (1) Convective parametric amplification (improvement and exercise of a computer code yielding a theoretical parametric study of Arecibo spectral observations in qualitative agreement with measurements in restricted parameter domains); (2) Refraction by the pump of parametrically generated waves in both the laboratory and the ionosphere; (3) Double resonance excitation in a homogeneous plasma by infinite wavelength pumps in general and for laboratory and ionospheric applications in particular; and (4) Parametric instabilities driven by linearly converted pump modes.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1975
Accession Number
ADA006242

Entities

People

  • B. D. Fried
  • C. F. Kennel
  • D. Arnush
  • R. S. Margulies
  • R. W. Fredericks

Organizations

  • TRW Inc.

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Amplification
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Excitation
  • Instability
  • Ionosphere
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Parametric Instability
  • Refraction
  • Resonance

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics