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Results of an experiment to detect field‐normal plasma‐line scattering in the auroral ionosphere
Author(s) -
Minkoff J.,
Laviola M.,
Tsunoda R.,
Presnell R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/rs013i003p00577
Subject(s) - ionosphere , scattering , physics , plasma , incoherent scatter , line (geometry) , computational physics , ionospheric heater , field line , optics , geophysics , mathematics , nuclear physics , geometry
Field‐normal plasma‐line scattering at radio frequencies has been observed during ionospheric heating experiments. An experiment to search for this scattering mode in the auroral ionosphere was carried out. The results are found to be negative by many orders of magnitude. This underlines the importance of the coherency of the heating wave for production of the scattering effects observed during the heating experiments.