Comparative study of Langmuir probe characteristics in different ionospheric conditions

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Nov 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984p%26ss...32.1427m&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 32, Nov. 1984, p. 1427-1437.

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Electrostatic Probes, Ionospheric Electron Density, Ionospheric Sounding, Space Plasmas, Electron Distribution, Electron Energy, Rocket Sounding

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This paper examines the role played by the high energy tail of the electron distribution function on Langmuir probe characteristics. A model is developed to derive the mean energy and the density of the hyperthermal electrons from probe characteristics for two ionospheric rocket flights involving different plasma conditions. The hyperthermal electrons are shown to influence the electron temperature measurement even if they constitute only a small fraction of the total electron concentration. The influence of the geomagnetic field, the collisions and the velocity of the vehicle on the probe data are also examined.

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