Electric currents in F-like planetary ionospheres

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Oct 1990

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 38, Oct. 1990, p. 1327-1333.

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Atmospheric Electricity, Electric Current, F Region, Particle Collisions, Planetary Ionospheres, Approximation, Equations Of Motion, Kinetic Theory, Momentum Transfer

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In this paper, electrical transport coefficients are found for charged particles in such lightly ionized gases as exist in planetary and stellar atmospheres, like the F-region of the earth's ionosphere. Electric fields and gradients of pressure in the ions and the electrons are taken as the drivers of electric current. Collisions of electrons with ions, and of ions and electrons with neutral particles, are taken into account, and new expressions are generated for electrical conductivity, heating rates, and diffusion of magnetic field. The paper extends and complements the results of an earlier paper by Cole (1990) which dealt with 'E-like' ionospheric regions. A comparison of the results with those of kinetic theory is made.

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