Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977p%26ss...25..243s&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science, vol. 25, Mar. 1977, p. 243-260.
Physics
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Auroral Ionization, Crossed Fields, Ion Atom Interactions, Ion Distribution, Ionic Collisions, Velocity Distribution, Collision Rates, Convective Flow, Distribution Functions, Electric Field Strength, Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Ion Temperature, Ionospheric Drift, Magnetic Fields, Maxwell-Boltzmann Density Function, Polarization Characteristics
Scientific paper
In a model of auroral conditions at E and F1 region altitudes, the ion velocity distributions for a weakly ionized plasma in crossed electric and magnetic fields are calculated. The appropriate Boltzmann equation is solved by expanding the ion velocity distribution function in a generalized orthogonal polynomial series about a bi-Maxwellian weight factor. With this method, reliable expressions for the ion velocity distribution function are obtained for a range of ion-neutral scattering mechanisms and for convection electric field strengths up to 90 mV/m. Departures of the ion velocity distribution from the zeroth-order bi-Maxwellian become significant when the ion convection velocity approaches the neutral thermal speed.
Schunk Robert W.
St-Maurice J.-P.
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