Stationary state and relaxation of artificial irregularities excited in ionospheric heating experiments

Journal of Plasma Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-334

  Borisov, N ^a,b   Senior, A ^a   Honary, F ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARTIFICIAL IRREGULARITIES; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE ENHANCEMENT; PLASMA DISTRIBUTION; REDUCED PLASMA CONCENTRATION;

PLASMAS;

EID: 27844463629     PISSN: 00223778     EISSN: 14697807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002237780400296X     Document Type: Article

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