Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986georl..13..434s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 13, May 1986, p. 434-437.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Argon Plasma, Gas Ionization, Ion Injection, Plasma Jets, Spaceborne Experiments, Spacelab Payloads, Astronomical Models, Particle Acceleration
Scientific paper
Gas ionization induced by a fast plasma injection has been observed with the Space Experiments with Particle Accelerators (SEPAC) Experiment on Spacelab-1. When an impulsive high-density plasma was injected from the orbiter, waves near the lower-hybrid frequency were enhanced, and the surrounding gas drifting with the orbiter was ionized for several tens of milliseconds after the plasma injection. The long-duration gas ionization was observed only when the plasma flux incoming to the orbiter cargo bay and the orbital velocity perpendicular to the magnetic field were relatively large. This effect has been explained by the concept of critical velocity ionization (CVI) for the gas drifting with the orbiter, although the gas velocity perpendicular to the magnetic field was less than the Alfven critical velocity.
Kawashima Naoki
Kuriki Kyoichi
Obayashi Tatsuzo
Reasoner David L.
Roberts William T.
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