Some Classical Mechanisms Influencing the High-Altitude Nuclear Environment.

Abstract

Classical mechanisms (e.g., collisions, chemistry, single particle dynamics, and radiation) are necessary, basic ingredients in theoretical and numerical representations of the high-altitude nuclear environment. This report is a compilation of three separate papers, each of which describes and analyzes a classical mechanism which can influence the ionospheric and magnetospheric environments following a high-altitude nuclear burst. The three mechanisms considered are (1) charge exchange, (2) radiative recombination, and (3) nonadiabaticity. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1982
Accession Number
ADA131250

Entities

People

  • J. L. Sperling
  • S. Hamasaki

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Bessel Functions
  • Charged Particles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diffusion
  • Distribution Functions
  • Environment
  • Equations
  • High Altitude
  • High Energy
  • Ion Density
  • Ionosphere
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Moments
  • Mean Free Path
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Solar Physics
  • Theoretical Analysis.