Interference patterns in the Spacelab 2 plasma wave data - Oblique electrostatic waves generated by the electron beam

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Nov 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992jgr....9717005f&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 97, no. A11, p. 17,005-17,018.

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Beam Injection, Electron Beams, Ionospheric Electron Density, Plasma Waves, Spacelab, Electrostatic Waves, Ion Cyclotron Radiation, Plasma Diagnostics, Wave Propagation

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During the Spacelab 2 mission the University of Iowa's Plasma Diagnostics Package (PDP) explored the plasma environment around the shuttle. Wideband spectrograms of plasma waves were obtained from the PDP at frequencies of 0-30 kHz and at distances up to 400 m from the shuttle. Strong low-frequency (below 10 kHz) electric field noise was observed in the wideband data during two periods in which an electron beam was ejected from the shuttle. This noise shows clear evidence of interference patterns caused by the finite (3.89 m) antenna length. The low-frequency noise was the most dominant type of noise produced by the ejected electron beam. Analysis of antenna interference patterns generated by these waves permits a determination of the wavelength, the direction of propagation, and the location of the source region. The observed waves have a linear dispersion relation very similar to that of ion acoustic waves. The waves are believed to be oblique ion acoustic or high-order ion cyclotron waves generated by a current of ambient electrons returning to the shuttle in response to the ejected electron beam.

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