Structuring of Collisionless, High Velocity Ion Clouds.

Abstract

The stability of high velocity ion clouds was studied in the ionosphere-magnetosphere. We derive the instability growth rate; show that the growth is very fast; and present our conclusions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 04, 1980
Accession Number
ADA089373

Entities

People

  • J. A. Fedder

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Classification
  • Corporations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Instability
  • Ionosphere
  • Magnetosphere
  • Military Research
  • Rayleigh Taylor Instability
  • Security
  • Space Systems
  • Striations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.