Damping of electrostatic noise by warm auroral electrons

Details Damping of electrostatic noise by warm auroral electrons Damping of electrostatic noise by warm auroral electrons

Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979p%26ss...27.1491l&link_type=abstract

Planetary and Space Science, vol. 27, Dec. 1979, p. 1491-1506.

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Atmospherics, Auroral Arcs, Damping, Electrostatic Waves, Plasma-Particle Interactions, Atmospheric Models, Hiss, Ionospherics, Whistlers

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Cyclotron damping by warm electrons limits the amplitude of high frequency electrostatic waves propagating in discrete auroral arcs. The effect of this damping on whistler VLF hiss, upper hybrid noise and Bernstein modes is examined by calculating temporal growth rates and power flux intensities of amplified noise produced by precipitating electrons. The auroral electrons are described by a realistic distribution function. The effect of varying ionospheric conditions is also considered. Whistler mode noise is found to be less sensitive to the warm electron model than the upper hybrid mode. Bernstein modes are rapidly absorbed by the ionospheric and warm electrons. The difference in the peak power flux of the whistler and upper hybrid modes is indicative of the local value of the ratio of electron plasma frequency to electron gyrofrequency. For peak upper hybrid noise to exceed peak whistler noise, this ratio should be greater than 1. Ionospheric electron temperature has little effect on the spectrum, and intense, narrow beams in the distribution function should be most effective at producing high noise levels for a given warm electron model.

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