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Study of electric fields parallel to the magnetic lines of force using artificially injected energetic electrons
Author(s) -
Wilhelm K.,
Bernstein W.,
Whalen B. A.
Publication year - 1980
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/gl007i002p00117
Subject(s) - electron , ionosphere , electric field , line of force , physics , magnetic field , rocket (weapon) , field line , computational physics , altitude (triangle) , range (aeronautics) , cathode ray , atomic physics , geophysics , aerospace engineering , nuclear physics , quantum mechanics , geometry , mathematics , engineering
Electron beam experiments using rocket‐borne instrumentation will be discussed. The observations indicate that reflections of energetic electrons may occur at possible electric field configurations parallel to the direction of the magnetic lines of force in an altitude range of several thousand kilometers above the ionosphere.