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Alpha Transmitter Signal Reflection and Triggered Emissions
Author(s) -
Gu Wenyao,
Chen Lunjin,
Xia Zhiyang,
An Xin,
Horne Richard B.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2020gl090165
Subject(s) - physics , magnetosphere , waveform , transmitter , computational physics , signal (programming language) , whistler , wave propagation , radio propagation , chirp , reflection (computer programming) , magnetic field , acoustics , geophysics , optics , telecommunications , voltage , computer science , laser , channel (broadcasting) , quantum mechanics , astronomy , programming language
Russian Alpha radio navigation system (RSDN‐20) emits F 1  = 11.9 kHz signals into the magnetosphere which propagate as whistler mode waves. Observed by waveform continuous burst mode from Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) on Van Allen Probes, a case is presented and featured with ducted propagation, multiple reflections, and triggered emissions. Both risers and fallers appear in the triggered emissions. We use a ray tracing method to demonstrate ducted propagation, which has a similar wave normal angle near 150° as the observation. The arrival time of reflected signals is estimated using propagation analysis and compared with the observed signal arrival time. To test the nonlinear cyclotron resonance theory, the interaction region scale and the order of chirping rate in triggered emission are estimated. The estimated interaction region scale of MLAT =  − 3° is smaller than the observed MLAT =  − 6°. The discrepancy may be caused by the parallel propagation assumption and background field model.

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