Physics
Scientific paper
Feb 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010jgra..11502311s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 115, Issue A2, CiteID A02311
Physics
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Interplanetary Physics: Plasma Waves And Turbulence, Ionosphere: Active Experiments, Ionosphere: Plasma Waves And Instabilities (2772), Ionosphere: Wave Propagation (0689, 3285, 4275, 4455, 6934)
Scientific paper
Magnetic excitation of whistlers by a square array of electrodynamic tethers is discussed. The array is made of perpendicular rows of tethers that carry equal, uniform, and time-modulated currents at equal frequency with a 90° phase shift. The array would fly vertical in the orbital equatorial plane, which is perpendicular to the geomagnetic field B0 when its tilt is ignored. The array radiates a whistler wave along B0. A parametric instability due to pumping by the background magnetic field through the radiated wave gives rise to two unstable coupled whistler perturbations. The growth rate is maximum for perturbations with wave vector at angles 38.36° and 75.93° from B0. For an experiment involving a wavefront that moves with the orbiting array, which might serve to study nonlinear wave interactions and turbulence in space plasmas, characteristic values of growth rate and parameters, such as the number of tethers and their dimensions and distances in the array, are discussed for low Earth orbit ambient conditions.
Sanchez-Arriaga G.
Sanmartin Juan R.
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