Open AccessDucted whistlers propagating in higher‐order guided mode and recorded on board of Compass‐2 satellite by the advanced Signal Analyzer and Sampler 2
Author(s) -
Ferencz Orsolya E.,
Bodnár László,
Ferencz Csaba,
Hamar Dániel,
Lichtenberger János,
Steinbach Péter,
Korepanov Valery,
Mikhaylova Galina,
Mikhaylov Yuri,
Kuznetsov Vladimir
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: space physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/2008ja013542
Subject(s) - plasmasphere , spectrum analyzer , physics , compass , signal (programming language) , satellite , whistler , detector , mode (computer interface) , optics , computational physics , magnetic field , magnetosphere , computer science , quantum mechanics , astronomy , programming language , operating system
The advanced electromagnetic wave detector and analyzer, Signal Analyzer and Sampler 2, successfully operated on board of Compass‐2 satellite (launched May 2006). One of the peculiarities of this experiment was that the efficient sensitivities of both electric and magnetic channels were very close to being identical. Between the interesting events detected we found the evidence of whistler mode signals propagating in higher‐ (third‐) order guided mode, most probable between two layers (i.e., “onionskin” structure was in the plasmasphere at this time). We present in the paper the real full wave ultrawideband interpretation of these propagating signals using the exact solution of Maxwell's equations in this boundary problem.