DocumentCode
865308
Title
Inequality conditions for critical velocity ionization space experiments
Author
Lai, Shu T. ; Murad, Edmond
Author_Institution
Philips Lab./WSSI, Hanscom AFB, MA, USA
Volume
20
Issue
6
fYear
1992
fDate
12/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
770
Lastpage
777
Abstract
A compilation is given of various parametric conditions for the critical ionization velocity (CIV) process to occur in the ionosphere. The most important and salient aspects of CIV are discussed, including beam velocity, Townsend´s criterion, magnetic-field strength, beam width, pitch angle, mixture of species, metastable states, and mass loading
Keywords
atmospheric ionisation; ionosphere; plasma; plasma collision processes; plasma production; plasma-beam interactions; Townsend´s criterion; beam velocity; beam width; collision processes; critical ionization velocity; inequality conditions; ionosphere; magnetic-field strength; mass loading; metastable states; mixture of species; parametric conditions; pitch angle; plasma production; Atomic measurements; Clouds; Electrons; Ionization; Ionosphere; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Particle beams; Plasmas; Space shuttles;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0093-3813
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/27.199527
Filename
199527
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