A Plasma Wave Instrument on the AMPTE/IRM (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracing Explorers/Ion Release Module) Spacecraft.

Abstract

The primary purposes of the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracing Explorers (AMPTE) program were (1) to carry out the release and monitoring of lithium and barium ions in the solar wind and the distant magnetosphere in order to study the transport of energization of magnetospheric particles, and to investigate the instabilities and wave-particle interactions associated with the releases and subsequent evolution of the injected clouds, and (2) to carry out large releases of barium in the solar wind with the objective of producing artificial comets and studying the interaction of the injected plasma clouds with the solar wind.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 27, 1988
Accession Number
ADA191216

Entities

People

  • Donald A. Gurnett
  • Roger R. Anderson

Organizations

  • University of Iowa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programs
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Detection
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Geography
  • Instability
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plasma Waves
  • Remote Sensing
  • Solar Wind
  • Spacecraft
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space