Critical ionization velocity experiments in space

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Jul 1989

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Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 37, July 1989, p. 865-872.

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Atmospheric Ionization, Beam Injection, Ionization Potentials, Ionospheric Propagation, Space Plasmas, Kinetic Energy, Magnetic Fields, Plasma Guns, Plasma Interactions, Plasma Waves, Solar System

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Space experiments to test the critical ionization velocity (CIV) theory have, on the whole, yielded negative results, with two notable exceptions. The results of all the experiments are analyzed with a view towards either optimizing or drawing conclusions about the conditions which lead to the propagation of CIV. In particular, four aspects of the conditions are considered: (1) beam injection angle with the ambient magnetic field in the ionosphere; (2) length of a CIV discharge region in a conical beam; (3) collisional ionization of the neutrals; and (4) chemiionization processes. The analysis leads to the conclusion that using the exhaust of the Shuttle engines may be the best way for testing CIV.

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