Application of Nonlinear Plasma Physics to Space Physics.

Abstract

Work on the importance of parametric instabilities for modification of the ionosphere by strong radio wave heating was continued under this contract. The saturation mechanism for the amplitude of these instabilities was determined. A new mechanism for wave-wave coupling was discovered and invoked to explain the many field-aligned plasma density striation phenomena which occurred in the ionospheric heating experiments.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 10, 1975
Accession Number
ADA009651

Entities

People

  • Francis W. Perkins
  • Russell M. Kulsrud

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Contracts
  • Couplings
  • Instability
  • Ionosphere
  • Parametric Instability
  • Radio Waves
  • Saturation
  • Striations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space