Microwave Propagation and Attenuation in Magnetoplasmas

Abstract

Under the sponsorship of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research Profs. Min-Chang Lee and Ronald R. Parker's research team has conducted experimental studies of anomalous absorption of radio waves in turbulent magnetized plasmas. This research program includes laboratory experiments with the newly constructed Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF) at the MIT Plasma Fusion Center and the field experiments using orbiting satellites and ground-based radars at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The design and construction of the Versatile Toroidal Facility involved five graduate students and twenty-two UROP (undergraduate Research Opportunity Program) students. This student-oriented project was reported in the 1991 March 6 issue of the MIT Tech Talk. The detailed documentation and discussions of this VTF plasma device are presented in the M.S. theses of Robert F. Duraski (1991) and Chan Yoo (1991). The abstracts of these two graduate theses are attached.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1991
Accession Number
ADA250197

Entities

People

  • Min Chang Lee

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attenuation
  • Cyclotron Resonance
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Ground Based
  • Microwaves
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Plasmonic Devices
  • Puerto Rico
  • Radiation
  • Radio Waves
  • Scattering
  • Scientific Research
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster