Electric field and electron density measurements in the equatorial E-region

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Adv. Space Res.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6399288

Prakash, S; Pal, S; Pandey, R

The results of a rocket-borne experiment to study the role of localized electric fields in the generation of plasma density irregularities through cross-field instability and the two-stream instability mechanism are presented. The double probe technique was used to measure the electric field along and perpendicular to the spin axis of the rocket. The record of the data channels for an altitude of 92 km is shown and discussed. The altitude profile of the electric and induction fields perpendicular to both the spin axis and the geomagnetic field is presented, and fluctuations in the electric field along the rocket spin axis at different altitudes are shown. The (V sub B - V sub A) output for different altitude ranges is described.

• Research Organization: Physical Research Lab., Ahmedabad, India
• OSTI ID: 6399288
• Report Number(s): CONF-820582-
• Journal Information: Adv. Space Res.; (United States), Vol. 2; Conference: 24. COSPAR meeting (Committee on Space Research), Ottawa, Canada, 17 May 1982
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
E REGION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON DENSITY
CROSSED FIELDS
ELECTRON PRECIPITATION
ELECTROSTATIC PROBES
EQUATOR
TWO-STREAM INSTABILITY
CHARGED-PARTICLE PRECIPITATION
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
INSTABILITY
IONOSPHERE
PLANETARY IONOSPHERES
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MICROINSTABILITIES
PROBES
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Ionospheric
& Magetospheric Phenomena