Laboratory study of some lightning-induced effects in the ionospheric plasma

Details Laboratory study of some lightning-induced effects in the ionospheric plasma Laboratory study of some lightning-induced effects in the ionospheric plasma

May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998jastp..60..965l&link_type=abstract

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 60, Issue 7-9, p. 965-973.

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Laboratory experiments have been conducted at MIT, using the student-built Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF), to investigate some ionospheric plasma effects produced by lightning-induced whistler waves. Lower hybrid waves, generated by the lightning-induced whistler waves, can cause a chain of extensive plasma effects, such as the acceleration of electrons and ions and the spectral broadening of plasma waves. Two mechanisms by which whistler waves generate lower hybrid waves can be important in the ionosphere. One is the simultaneous excitation of lower hybrid waves and low-frequency mode waves by intense whistler waves. The other is the nonlinear mode conversion of whistler waves into lower hybrid waves in the presence of short-scale field-aligned density striations. The effect of lower hybrid waves on the spectra of Langmuir waves has been investigated. The results of VTF laboratory experiments show that lower hybrid waves can beat with Langmuir waves to produce frequency-upshifted and frequency-downshifted Langmuir waves, broadening the spectra of Langmuir waves. The intensity of these beat waves, however, depends upon the angle of wave propagation with respect to the background magnetic field.

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