Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990cosre..28..355v&link_type=abstract
Cosmic Res., Vol. 28, No. 3, p. 355 - 359
Physics
Earth Ionosphere
Scientific paper
Under the action of a high-power electromagnetic wave on the ionospheric plasma, initially heated thermal electrons may effectively transfer energy to the vibrational state of molecular nitrogen. Formation of vibrationally excited molecular nitrogen in the region of the main ionospheric maximum causes an increase in the recombination rate and a drop in electron concentration. As was known by theoretical calculations, under conditions of heating with a high-power electromagnetic wave this effect considerably exceeds the influence of diffusion transport of plasma away from the heated region. Concurrently, based on these ideas the authors were able to account for the observed changes of emissions of unstable oxygen atoms.
Izakova T. M.
Vlasov Michael N.
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