Ionizing wave via high-power HF acceleration
Space Physics
2015-05-20 v1
Abstract
Recent ionospheric modification experiments with the 3.6 MW transmitter at the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) facility in Alaska led to discovery of artificial ionization descending from the nominal interaction altitude in the background F-region ionosphere by ~60 km. This paper presents a physical model of an ionizing wavefront created by suprathermal electrons accelerated by the HF-excited plasma turbulence.
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@article{arxiv.1011.1458,
title = {Ionizing wave via high-power HF acceleration},
author = {Evgeny Mishin and Todd Pedersen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1458},
year = {2015}
}