The WIND-HAARP-HIPAS Interferometer Experiment

Abstract

We report on the first experiment using two high power, high frequency transmitting facilities in a bistatic, interferometer mode. The HAARP and HIPAS facilities in Alaska radiated at 4525 kHz with total combined power of about 700 kW, in the direction of the WIND spacecraft. The WAVES experiment aboard WIND received the transmissions at a distance of about 25 earth radii. The experimental setup thus resembled Young's two-slit experiment. The expected interference pattern was observed, and at the distance of WIND, the fringes sizes were about 30 km peak to peak.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 22, 1999
Accession Number
ADA362758

Entities

People

  • E. J. Kennedy
  • J. Preston
  • M. McCarrick
  • Michael J. Keskinen
  • P. Rodriguez

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplitude
  • Charged Particles
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • High Latitudes
  • Interferometers
  • Latitude
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Observatories
  • Radio Transmission
  • Research Facilities
  • Spacecraft
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Space